217) The secessionist tendency gathered momentum after the ....decision of 1857 and the conflict between Northerners and Southerners in America became more severe.

218) The civil war in America produced for the north a great hero in _____ a man eager, above all others, to weld the union together again, not by force and expression but by warmth and generosity.

219) Abraham Lincoln was Born in _____ in 1809.

220) Who became nationally famous in 1858 when he competed for the post of Senator from Illinois against Stephen A Douglas.

221) ′A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved. I do not expect the house to fall but I do expect it will cease to divide′.Who said?