Question

oth 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, and the war came. How does this sentence advance Lincoln’s viewpoint? It demonstrates Lincoln feels one side placed personal interest before the good of the country as a whole, while the other side was willing to fight to keep the country intact. It shows that Lincoln believes that both sides are to be acknowledged for their efforts to avoid war despite the fact it happened anyway. It indicates that Lincoln believes one side made every effort to resolve differences to avoid war, but the other side only wished to fight to exert its influence over the other. It shows Lincoln believes that both sides are equally to blame for leading the country to war because they refused to cooperate. brfainly

Answer 1

Answer: This sentence advance Lincoln’s viewpoint through demonstrating

Lincoln feels one side placed personal interest before the good of the country as a whole, while the other side was willing to fight to keep the country intact.

Explanation: Lincoln begins by acknowledging that neither side DISAPPROVED of war (deprecated), yet one side was willing to make war instead of preserving the nation (Confederate South) and the other was willing to have war to preserve the nation and disregard Southern secession requests (North).