Second Inaugural Address

According to Lincoln in his Second Inaugural Address, what issue occupied people’s thoughts and attention at the time of his First Inaugural Address?

• the recent election

• finishing the civil war

• a possible war between the states

• how people felt about slavery

Lincoln’s explanation for such a brief address can best be summarized as (11-15):

• an inappropriate time for ceremony

• a need to focus on what is most important in a time of war

• there is little new information to share with the public

• that in brevity there is truth

In paragraph three why does Lincoln use the rhetorical device of the Bible and religion: [Alternately: The effect of the biblical allusions in paragraph 3]

• because God can end the war

• because as President Lincoln is unable to control events

• because Lincoln wanted to emphasize the lack of common ideas

• beliefs of Northern   and Southern citizens

In the Second Inaugural Address, what does Lincoln say or imply that he wants?

• punishment for those who have held slaves 

• to grant full voting rights to all former slaves

• to penalize the southern states for leaving the Union

• c.

  an end to slavery everywhere in the country

In what way does the Second Inaugural Address suggest that the Civil War was not originally fought to free the slaves?

• Lincoln says the government only wished to keep slavery from spreading.

• Lincoln says that some people would rather wage war than end slavery.

• Lincoln says rebellious people wanted to dissolve the Union without war.

• Lincoln says that only one-eighth of the whole population were slaves.

In the Second Inaugural Address, what is the “peculiar and powerful interest,” or matter of concern, that Lincoln says everyone knew was “somehow the cause of the war”?

• plantations

• territory

• industry

• slaves

According to Lincoln in his Second Inaugural Address, what “still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation”?

• ongoing debate over slavery

• the presidential election

• attempts to dissolve the Union

• the present Civil War

If a person describes cancer as a scourge, to which aspect of the disease is the person referring? Base your answer on the meaning of scourge.

• Cancer affects some people but not others.

• Cancer can pass from one generation to another.

• Cancer seems to be impossible to stop.

• Cancer causes widespread pain and suffering.

Which of the following is the best example of people who are insurgent?

• a fleet of troops carrying goods to a new nation

• a crowd of protesters rising against a government

• a diplomatic group traveling to negotiate a treaty

• a business association that holds annual meetings

Which situation most clearly illustrates the meaning of rend?

• The mechanic is disassembling an engine before repairing it.

• The seamstress is tearing the cloth into pieces before designing a new outfit.

• The artist is studying a scene from two angles before painting it.

• The child is neatly removing wrapping paper before deciding to open the gift.