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The answer is D) The task of preserving the Union has not yet been accomplished
Table of contents, it should be in the beginning of the book i think
* that the well-off have less regard for the poor than for livestock
In the excerpt the way the men treat a pregnant woman is compared to how they treat pregnant livestock. It says that they wouldn't beat or kick them so as not to risk a miscarriage. This analogy shows that the poor are often seen as similar to animals in the way they are treated.