In this lesson, you have learned that the cause of the Civil War is not as simple as it seems. It involved many issues and different viewpoints. On June 16, 1858, two-and-a-half years before the outbreak of the Civil War, President Lincoln gave a speech that became known as the "House-Divided" speech. The next day, Stephen Douglas responded to that speech. Your job for this assignment will be to analyze excerpts from these speeches.