Lincoln's Second Inaugural Speech

"The prayers of both could not be answered-that of neither has been answered fully."

In this sentence from the passage, to whom or what does both refer?

• colored slaves and white masters
• the North and the South
• McClellan and Lincoln
• Pendleton and Johnson

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Lincoln cites which reason for continuing to fight the war?

• the importance of abolishing slavery in America
• the political viewpoint of those in leadership
• the preservation of the Union against all enemies
• the need to show the other side how wrong they are

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What was Lincoln trying to avoid four years ago when he delivered his first inaugural address?

• the South
• Civil War
• the North
• the Union

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Insurgent means (choose two)

• rebel

• rude one

• revolutionary

• revolting

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To rend is to

• separate

• build

• curse

• rip

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What is Lincoln's tone throughout the speech?

• Aggressive

• Boasting

• Conciliatory

• Scolding

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Lincoln's argument is designed to appeal to

• economic concerns

• personal self-interest

• religious interests

• shared values

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Lincoln says his second inaugural address is shorter than his first because...

• he is unable to think of anything worthwhile to say

• he has already given many speeches about the war

• he thinks people are bored with hearing him speak

• he knows people are too busy fighting a war to listen

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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. 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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