Question

reading primary source: sourcing, context, meaning
apply your skills of sourcing, contextualizing, and close reading by completing the following activity
value: 2
find evidence that lincoln recognized the efforts of the forefathers to achieve democracy
a. but what was the road by which we reached our position, what the form of government under which our greatness grew, what the national habits out of which it sprung,
b. that part of our history which tells of the military achievements which gave us our several possessions, or of the ready valor with which either we or our fathers assailed the idea of freedom or foreign aggression, is a theme too familiar to my hearers for me to dilate on, and i shall therefore pass it by
c. they died in the country without banks in the succession from generation to generation, and handed it down from to the present time by their valor

Explanation:

To determine the evidence that shows the President recognized the forefathers' efforts for democracy, we analyze each option:

• Option A: Discusses the means of achieving position, government form, and national habits, not directly about recognizing forefathers' efforts for democracy.
• Option B: Talks about military achievements and avoiding that topic, not related to recognizing forefathers' democratic efforts.
• Option C: States that the forefathers died in the country without break in succession, handing down the present state by their valor. This shows the President acknowledges their efforts (dying for the country, passing down the nation) towards establishing/maintaining democracy (as the present state is likely a democratic one).

Answer:

C. They died in the country without break in the succession from generation to generation, and handed it down from to the present time by their valor.