Abraham Lincoln’s “Second Inaugural Address”

in what incident did the speech take place?

• The day before the Civil War began

• The occasion of President Lincoln’s second inauguration

• The occasion of President Lincoln’s first inauguration

• The day President Lincoln got elected

In his speech, Abraham Lincoln explains the cause of the Civil War. What was the conflict?

• At the second appearing to take the oath of the presidential

• asking God’s assistance in wringing bread from other men

• conflicting desires to strengthen, perpetuate, and extend an interest in slaves

• reading the same Bible and praying to the same God

North and South shared some common interests.

What evidence from Lincoln’s speech supports this conclusion about the interests of the North and South?

• Lincoln said that all dreaded civil war and all sought to avert it.

• Lincoln said that slavery ended before the Civil War did.

• Lincoln said everyone knew that an interest in slaves was the cause of the war.

• Lincoln said that colored slaves made up one-eighth of the whole population.

what are two figurative languages in the speech?

• "At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office…”

• ..but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather let it perish.”

• “Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” .

• “My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.”

What is a main message of this speech?

• Despite their differences, the North and South must work together to achieve peace.

• The nation has finally moved past the Civil War and is now prospering again.

• The South is solely to blame for the Civil War and should therefore be punished.

• The occasion of President Lincoln’s second inauguration is a time to celebrate.

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Read this sentence from the text.

"Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came".

What does the phrase “deprecated war” mean here?

• looked forward to war

• disliked war

• prepared for war

• did not understand war