A.k.a. The Famous Part
- Lincoln wants to review what's been going on so they can figure out next steps.
- Four years ago, the policy of popular sovereignty was enacted through the Kansas-Nebraska Act
- It was supposed to make things less tense, but it just made the situation worse.
- The United States can't go on with half the country allowing slavery and the other half banning it.
- One of the two sides will definitely win, eventually.
- If people don't believe the pro-slavery side will win, the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision prove that it definitely could.