Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

A house divided against itself cannot stand” is a quote from an Abraham Lincoln speech given in 1858. It was true then and it is still true today. We are continuing in a government shutdown that ...

Lincoln’s election was itself evidence of the sectional discord that had ripped the United States apart during the 1850s, as slavery became a critical political and a moral issue. As Lincoln had ...

Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) 2. “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” —Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865) 3. “If wrinkles must be written on our brow, let them not be written on our ...

“A house divided against itself, cannot stand.’ I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.” 37 —Abraham Lincoln The Civil War was about slavery, although ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln ... acceptance speech, Lincoln criticized President Buchanan, denounced slavery, and declared "a house divided cannot stand." ...

Abraham Lincoln spent ... That was the atmosphere for Lincoln’s overnight stop in Cincinnati in 1861. The country was on the brink of war, already a house divided. So, he was surprised by ...