Lincoln hoped to use a well-known figure of speech to help rouse the people to recognition of the magnitude of the ongoing debates over the legality of slavery. His use of this paraphrased metaphor is perhaps clearer when you look at some more of his speech:
"A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe the government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new — North as well as South.
As you can see, in this metaphor, the "house" refers to the Union — to the United States of America — and that house was divided between the opponents and advocates of slavery. Lincoln felt that the ideals of freedom for all and the institution of slavery could not coexist — morally, socially, or legally — under one nation. Slavery must ultimately be universally accepted or universally denied.
Answer:
Gen. George Armstrong Custer
Explanation:
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, which took place on the Little Bighorn River in southern Montana on June 25, 1876, saw Native American forces headed by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeat US Army troops led by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer.
<span>When writing an essay like this, it is important to make connections between the historical issues at hand and the current events that are shaped by these issues. </span>
Answer:
Chuck Yeager became the first pilot in his group and he was able to downing five enemy aircraft's in a single day.
Explanation:
Chuck Yeager was born in 1923, He was a fighter pilot who served during world war II. He downed five enemy aircraft's in a single mission. He flew in 64 combat mission and was credited with 121 kills. He achieved great fame as a pilot. He destroyed a jet during crash which was an important and expensive jet. He retired at his 50th anniversary.
