UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2016 · Q6(b) · 20 marks
“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free.” Explain Abraham Lincoln's perspective.
- Chapter
- Origins of Modern Politics
- Topic
- The American Civil War
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