Restructuring of the south, and allowing the southern states back in
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysbury Address is perhaps the most iconic and famous speeches in the history of the United States.
It the address took place just 4 and a half months after the end of the Civil War, at the time when the United States was struggling to find a national way forward.
The aim of the Address was to provide hope to the American people and give them a vision of a brighter future. It was addressed both at the Southerners and the people in the North.
A whole generation had seen war, death and misery and the future for many, was not so great.
The overall message of the address was to tell every American, that their right to life, liberty and freedom will be respected and that their country will keep on prospering.
The address wanted people to look at the end of the Civil War as an opportunity for a New America.
Answer;
-They wanted to make the announcement following a union victory.
Explanation;
-The members of Lincoln's cabinet urged him to wait before announcing the emancipation of southern slaves because they wanted to make announcement following a union victory.
-The Emancipation Proclamation granted freedom to the slaves in the Confederate States if the States did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863. Also under this proclamation, freedom would only come to the slaves if the Union won the war.
The correct answer is C. Some truths are too difficult to fathom if one has not experienced them.
Elie Wiesel(1928-2016), was a Jewish writer that survived the Holocaust. He moved to New York in 1955 and became an activist of social injustices.
As a writer, he wrote "<em>Night</em>"(1958) and <em>"All Rivers Run to the See"</em>(1995).
Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.
