The first sentence is correct.
If it was mandatory they would be given a perfect opportunity for those who love to participate in activities like students who don't know where to start, and those who would like to try with there friends
The correct answer here is A.
The word "gross" in this line from Frederick Douglas's famous speech named
<span>“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” </span>means flagrant or extreme. This term is often used with the word "injustice" and it means unacceptable and obvious which is definition for flagrant as well.
The answer is option C: It specifies that the freedoms granted by the Emancipation Proclamation apply only in rebel states.
The Emancipation Proclamation was the announcement made by President Lincoln through which all black slaves from the rebel states in the South were granted freedom. The fifth paragraph enumerates those rebel states together with the exceptions that are excluded from the Proclamation.