Question

Which quotation from the speech best develops the central idea that the Civil War began because the North and South disagreed about allowing slavery in America?
“These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war."

“Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease.”


“One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it.”


“Both 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.”

Answer 1

Which quotation from the speech best develops the central idea that the Civil War began because the North and South disagreed about allowing slavery in America?

“These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war."

Answer 2

Answer:

“These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war."

Explanation:

The first quote, “These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war," is the best choice. In this quote is says the issue of slaves was a "peculiar and powerful". It also says that the different parties' interests in slaves were "somehow the cause of the war." The second quote talks about a conflict, but doesn't define the cause. The third quote explains the location of the slave population. The last quote explains how they each felt about war, but not necessarily the cause of it.