Answer:
A
Explanation:
In the last sentence he states 'it's simply none of their business.' This shows his disregard towards people who call him paranoid.
He was afraid that he would lose the necessary support from the south. He was a president during a tough time when it came to cooperation with the congress. Without the southern support he wouldn't be the president, and he feared that by going on the march he would alienate voters. This is why even when he endorsed them he didn't want to fully support them because he didn't want to make southerners angry since the south was a huge voters base. He didn't want to push civil rights too rapidly.
Not sure but o captain my captain was written by walt whitman about abe Lincoln and since Lincoln is considered an important figure in us history because he wanted to abolish slavery and considered to have ended slavery maybe the poem is famous because it was written about such an important historical figure. may not be the right answer but it is just my guess
metaphor is the answer its not a simile cuz it dont use like or as nd its not a analogy