Question

How does Lincoln most closely end the Second Inaugural Address, as noted in the section below?

“With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.”
Question 7 options:

a)

With a request to the nation to sign a declaration of peace

b)

With a promise to insurgents to provide economic pardon

c)

With a promise to the Union to punish the insurgents

d)

With a request to the nation to focus on healing

Answer 1

d) With a request to the nation to focus on healing

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

I believe the best answer to be letter D) With a request to the nation to focus on healing.

Step-by-step explanation:

Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address is usually described as a speech advocating for the reconstruction of the United States once the Civil War was over. At the time, many were the critics who saw the president as too lenient in his treatment of the southern states. But Lincoln wanted to show "malice toward none" and "charity for all". He wanted the country to heal from the sickness of that war, which he claimed to be a divine punishment that had fallen upon them for the sin of slavery. If in order to heal he had to be lenient, then lenient he would be. In the passage provided, Lincoln makes it clear it is his intention to take care of all who were affected by the war - thus, it doesn't matter if it is the North or the South. He also states that justice and peace must be the goal. Taking all that into consideration, I believe the best option to be letter D) With a request to the nation to focus on healing.