Question

1. the following question has two parts. answer part a first, and then part b.

part a in the second inaugural address, how does lincoln explain why the country went to war?
a. he says that too many rebellious people tried to stir up trouble and dissolve the union.
b. he says that war was inevitable because the positions were so opposed that compromise was impossible.
c. he says that slavery was so evil that slaveholders needed to be punished by war against them.
d. he says that both sides expected a quick and easy victory in the war with no losses on their side.

Explanation:

Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address frames the Civil War as inevitable due to the irreconcilable opposing positions on slavery; neither side could compromise on the core issue that divided the nation.

Answer:

b. He says that war was inevitable because the positions were so opposed that compromise was impossible.