Answer: A
Explanation: Because Lincoln was a Democrat, and it shows that when the North was united they beat the South in the Election.
Im going to assume its because a "lame duck" session only happened when congress meets after a election.
Cabinet members report to the President
Germanic tribes such as the Franks, Ostragoths, Vandals and the Visigoths were surrounding it and weakening it by spreading into their territory, and also it was having internal governmental issues and struggles for consolidation of power.
