WorksheetsLincoln's Second Inaugural Address Quiz
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 36mins
According to Lincoln in his “Second Inaugural Address,” what issue occupied people’s thoughts and attention at the time of his first Inaugural Address?
a possible civil war
Lincoln’s recent election
God’s will regarding slavery
the outcome of the Civil War
In “Second Inaugural Address,” what is the “peculiar and powerful interest” that Lincoln says was “somehow the cause of the war”?
southerners who wanted to dissolve the union
slaves and the people who owned them
the desire to keep the Union together
resentment over Lincoln’s election
According to Lincoln in his “Second Inaugural Address,” what “still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation”?
the present Civil War
the presidential election
ongoing debate over slavery
attempts to dissolve the Union
In “Second Inaugural Address,” what does Lincoln say or imply that he wants? Choose TWO options.
an end to slavery everywhere in the country
to grant full voting rights to all former slaves
to penalize the southern states for leaving the union
a fair peace among states that will be lasting
for states to make their own decisions about slavery
In “Second Inaugural Address,” what evidence suggests that the Civil War was not originally fought to free the slaves?
Lincoln says that only one-eighth of the whole population were slaves.
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 the government only wished to keep slavery from spreading.
In “Second Inaugural Address,” what is Lincoln’s attitude toward those who fought for the Confederacy?
He condemns them for holding slaves.
He wants to thank them for starting the war.
He does not wish them any harm for their choices.
He believes that they should pay for all the war costs.
Which excerpt from “Second Inaugural Address” best supports the answer to Part A?
Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes his aid against the other.
If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which … must needs come, but which, … [God] now wills to remove, … shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to him?
Yet, if God wills that [the war] continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, … so still it must be said “the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.”
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.
In “Second Inaugural Address,” how does Lincoln explain why the country went to war?
He says that too many rebellious people tried to stir up trouble and dissolve the union.
He says that war was inevitable because the positions were so opposed that compromise was impossible.
He says that slavery was so evil that slaveholders needed to be punished by war against them.
He says that both sides expected a quick and easy victory in the war with no losses on their side.
Which excerpt from “Second Inaugural Address” best supports the answer to Part A?
The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all.
While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war—seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation.
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….
It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God’s assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men’s faces….
What does the following quotation from “Second Inaugural Address” most clearly suggest about Lincoln’s view of the Civil War? With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
He grieves for all the injuries and damage the war has caused.
He hopes the final result will eventually be peace and healing.
He thinks the war is justified by the nation’s past misdeeds.
He celebrates the heroism of those who have fought in the war.
Which of the following quotations best supports the chronological structure of “Second Inaugural Address” as it looks to the past?
On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war.
Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes his aid against the other.
The Almighty has his own purposes.
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right …
Which of the following best describes how Lincoln’s references to God relate to the structure of “Second Inaugural Address”?
His reference to God ties the past to the future, showing that whatever has happened in the past, only God knows what the future will bring.
His reference to God ties the present to the future and the past, indicating that if God wills it, the present war may last long enough to exact complete justice for past offenses.
His reference to God ties the present to the future and the past, indicating only God knows the past causes or the future outcome of the war they are waging in the present.
His reference to God ties the present to the past, indicating that God has brought about the present war to show people the truth about the past.
In the sentences below, the underlined words have the same literal meaning but different nuances. Using context, choose the answer in which the underlined word has the strongest negative nuance.
I look forward to future meetings with Sally.
Rafe is well prepared for the coming storm.
The looming deadline made Ashley nervous.
Cecilia had to plan for the approaching exams.
Select the answer choice that correctly identifies a prepositional phrase in this sentence that is also an adverb phrase. The newly elected President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Second Inaugural Address before he took the oath of office.
The newly elected
President Abraham Lincoln
delivered his Second Inaugural Address
before he took the oath of office.
