Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Kurukurirano pamusoro pemamiriro ezvinhu ouranda munharaunda dzakawedzera kusawirirana pakati pevaranda veSouth neNorth vakasununguka. Chibvumirano cha1850 chakakundikana kubvisa nhau yacho. Mukutanga kwema1850, Lincoln akatsigira kupindirana kwechikamu, uye hurukuro yake ya1852 yaClay yakanangana nekutsigirwa kwaClay kwekusunungurwa zvishoma nezvishoma uye kushorwa kwe "zvose zvakanyanyisa" panyaya yehuranda. Sezvo makore ekuma1850 akafambira mberi, gakava pamusoro pehuranda muNebraska Territory neKansas Territory rakava rakanyanyisa, uye Senator Douglas akakurudzira hutongi hwevanhu senzira yekugadzirisa; chikumbiro ichi chaizobvumira vhoti yenharaunda imwe neimwe kusarudza mamiriro ehuranda. Chikumbiro chacho chakashamisa vanhu vakawanda vokuchamhembe, avo vaitarisira kudzivisa kupararira kwouranda munharaunda dzacho. Pasinei nokushorwa uku kwaiitwa neNorthern, mutemo waDouglas weKansas-Nebraska Act wakapfuudzwa neCongress muna Chivabvu 1854. Kwemwedzi yakati wandei mushure mekupfuura kwayo, Lincoln haana kutaura pachena, asi akauya kuzopikisa zvakasimba. Musi waOctober 16, 1854, mu"Peoria Speech" yake, Lincoln akazivisa kushora kwake uranda, uhwo akadzokorora munzira yokuva purezidhendi. Achitaura nomutauro wake wokuKentucky, nenzwi rine simba, akati Mutemo weKansas wakanga une "kusakendenga kwakaziviswa, asi sezvandinofanira kufunga, kushingaira chaiko kwakavanzika nokuda kwokupararira kwouranda. Handigoni kuita chimwe chinhu kunze kwokuvenga. Ndinohuvenga nemhaka yokusaruramisira kukuru kwouranda humene. Ndinohuvenga nemhaka yokuti hunotorera muenzaniso wedu worusununguko pesvedzero yawo yakarurama munyika... " Kurwisa kwaLincoln Mutemo weKansas-Nebraska kwakaratidza kudzoka kwake kuhupenyu hwezvematongerwo enyika. Munyika, maWhigs akapatsanurwa zvisingagadzirisike neKansas-Nebraska Mutemo uye kumwe kuedza kwekubvumirana pane nyaya yehuranda. Achiratidza kufa kwebato rake, Lincoln akanyora muna 1855, "Ndinofunga kuti ndiri muWhig, asi vamwe vanoti hapana maWhig, uye kuti ndiri munhu anorambidza kupondwa kwehurumende [...] Ndinongopesana nokuwedzerwa kwouranda". Achishandisa chikamu chinorwisana nouranda cheWhig Party, uye achibatanidza Free Soil, Liberty, uye nhengo dzeDemocratic Party dzinorwisana nouranda, muRepublican mutsva...  Mubvunzo: Lincoln akashandisa mitemo inorwisana nouranda yebato ripi rezvematongerwe enyika?
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