UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2020 · Q6(b) · 20 marks
"Lincoln's main thesis was that the Slavery issue had to be decided one way or the other and could no longer be evaded by compromise." Comment in the light of his role in the American Civil War.
- Chapter
- Origins of Modern Politics
- Topic
- The American Civil War
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