Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

Par. 1: Lincoln begins by making a connection back to what previous events?

• Frederick Douglass's speech

• The Seneca Falls Convention

• Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

• The Emancipation Proclamation

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Par. 2: How does Lincoln describe the roles of the North and South leading up to the Civil War?

• The North brought on the war; The South tried to avoid it

• The North agreed to the war; The South disagreed with it

• Both the North and the South brought on the war

• The North tried to avoid the war; The South brought it on

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Par. 3: According to Lincoln, what was the cause of the war, and how did people expect it to go?

• Cause: Slavery; Expectations: Quick

• Cause: Slavery; Expectations: Lengthy

• Cause: Economics; Expectations: Quick

• Cause: Economics; Expectations: Lengthy

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Par. 4: What points does Lincoln make about religion in the North and South?

• They don't share a religion and so obviously must fight each other

• Some citizens share a religion, so they shouldn't fight each other

• They pray to different Gods, but they pray for the same things

• They share a religion, but the South's prayers for a divine defense of slavery are hypocritical

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Par. 5: What does Lincoln claim may be God's response to 250 years of slavery?

• God may choose to completely destroy America as punishment.

• God may demand that the South be severely punished by the North.

• God may make it so that spilled blood of soldiers in the war must pay for the spilled blood of slaves.

• God may ultimately forgive the nation for all of the wrongs it has done to enslaved people if the citizens pray hard enough.

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Par. 6: What does Lincoln say the nation must do?

• Punish the South for slavery and for starting the war.

• Try to forgive the South for everything wrong that it has done.

• Try to heal and take care of people in both the North and South without hatred.

• Try to heal the South, but don't forget the terrible things it did.

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How does Lincoln's tone change from paragraph 5 to par. 6?

• upset, unforgiving --> infuriated, judgmental

• serious, concerned --> hopeful, fearful

• hopeful, naive --> pessimistic, hopeless

• fierce, judgmental --> forgiving, hopeful

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