Second Inaugural Adress
6. Which word best describes Lincoln's tone throughout the speech?
His tone was soft/peaceful tone.
11. Lincoln says that in 1861, "All dreaded it [civil war]—all sought to avert it" (lines 13-14). What reasons does he give in the speech for why war came in spite of these shared feelings against War?
The South wanted to avoid war by dissolving the Union through negotiation (lines 16-17), while the North was willing to fight a war rather than allow the Union to dissolve (lines 19-20). In addition, Lincoln says that the South was willing to "rend the Union, even by war" in order to "strengthen, perpetuate, and extend" slavery (lines 25-26), even though the government only wanted to "restrict the territorial enlargement" of slavery (lines 27-28).
3. Before the war, what did the U.S. government want to do about slavery?
The U.S. government restricted slavery.
10. To wring means?
To squeeze and twist liquid from.
12. What specific connections between slavery and the war does Lincoln make when he says, "if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword . . ." (lines 49-52)?
Lincoln said that the war may need to last long enough to balance the evils of slavery. Slaveholders have gained great wealth from 250 years of unpaid labor by slaves, and the war might last until all that wealth has been lost. In addition, slaves have suffered and lost blood through beatings, and that loss of blood might be balanced with injury and death caused by war.
5. Lincoln's argument is designed to appeal to:
Those who share share the same values.
7. What does engross mean?
To absorb.
8. Ventured means
To do something risky.
9. What does deprecated mean?
To look down upon/less impressive
4. Which statement is an example of a premise implied in Lincoln's speech?
Trouble cannot be stopped, however those who cause it will pay for it.
1. Lincoln says his second inaugural address is shorter than his first because:
He has already given speech a about the war.
2. What is Lincoln's position on the outcome of the war?
He hopes the North wins and rebuild the south.
