He said slavery had not tied the states of the Union together, but had always been an issue that divided them.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

One northerner wrote: "It was said hundreds of years ago that a house divided against itself cannot stand.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

This did not happen. The Dred Scott decision did not calm the storm that divided the nation.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

He gave a famous speech at the Berlin Wall that divided Soviet-controlled East Germany from West Germany.

VOA: special.2011.02.06

But the report noted that opinion is divided about who should get credit for the recovery.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

A poll by Quinnipiac University in Connecticut found Americans equally divided about his first year.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

Opinion studies in recent days show the public is generally divided on the new law.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

At the heart of the issues that divided the South from the North was slavery.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

In the nineteen fifties the United States was still very much divided between racial lines.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Eartha Kitt said her own experiences as a child left her a divided person.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

The Republican Party also was divided over the issue of gold and silver.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

But the area has also been divided in other ways during its history.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

The people were divided into nine groups of about two hundred people each.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

He was honored as a hero. Today,opinions about his career remain divided.

VOA: special.2010.07.02