According to information in paragraph 1, what change does Lincoln claim has occurred between his First and Second Inaugural Addr
ess? “Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. 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. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.”
Question 20 options:
a)
In the First Inaugural Address he asks the nation to try to heal itself, and in the Second Inaugural Address he asks the nation to pursue a path to negotiation.
b)
In the First Inaugural Address he proposes a plan for the nation, and in the Second Inaugural Address he references the progress of war in the nation.
c)
In the First Inaugural Address he calls upon the people to save the Union, and in the Second Inaugural Address he requests funding to continue the war.
d)
In the First Inaugural Address he addresses the expansion of American slavery, and in the Second Inaugural Address he requests action against insurgents.
The change that Lincoln claims has ocurred between his First and Second Inaugural Address is b) In the First Inaugural Address he proposes a plan for the nation, and in the Second Inaugural Address he references the progress of war in the nation.
In his First Inaugural Address, Lincoln calls for reconciliation between the Union and the seceded states, claiming for territory that belonged to the nation and announcing that the Union was not ever going to fall apart. This was all part of his plan for the nation.
In his Second Inaugural Address, he talked about sadness. This speech represented a protection of Reconstruction, which ideals were equality in treatment between North and South, remarking how wrong people were in their imagination of the war.
