On the 16th of April 1917, The leader of the Bolshevik Party, Vladimir Lenin returned to Russia from Exile.
Soon after he started negotiations with the Germans which lasted nearly 2 months. By the end of the negotiations, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed in March, 1918.
The treaty effectively ended Russia's participation in the War. Russia ceded the Baltic States to Germany, which became the latter's vassal states.
Russia also ceded its province of Kars Oblast to the Ottoman Empire and had to recognized the Independence of Ukraine.
Brutal because of the tactic of island hopping used by the United States.
The correct answer is A) We cannot recognize slavery as evil and at the same time allow it to spread.
The statement that best represents Abraham Lincoln's experience of and views on slavery prior to the Civil War is "We cannot recognize slavery as an evil and at the same time allow it to spread."
It is well documented that Abraham Lincoln did not support slavery prior to the Civil War. He continually expressed his moral opposition to the issue of slavery. However, historians think that at this time, he has not a clear idea of how to end it and what to do with the many African slaves that were already in the United States. Some scholars think that Lincoln thought about returning the slaves to their native places in Africa, including Libia.