Question

2. Read the first paragraph of the article. Memorial Day was born out of necessity. After the American Civil War, a battered United States was faced with the task of burying and honoring the 600,000 to 800,000 Union and Confederate soldiers who had died in the single bloodiest military conflict in American history. The first national commemoration of Memorial Day was held in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on May 30, 1868, where both Union and Confederate soldiers are buried. What conclusion can be drawn from the paragraph above?
A. The commemoration at Arlington National Cemetery in 1868 shows how people felt about the end of slavery.

B. By 1868, people from both sides of the Civil War divide were willing to come together to honor the soldiers' deaths.

C. Before 1868, most of the Union and Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War had still not been properly buried.

D. The 1868 Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery was evidence that the nation was fully at peace.​

Answer 1

The answer is C hope helps have a good day