Question

In the passage from Robert E. Lee’s “Letter to His Son.” What is Lee’s main point about Washington?

A) Both George Washington and Robert E. Lee were from Virginia and both men’s primary loyalties were to that state.


B) The people of the South have no appreciation for George Washington or the efforts to preserve the Union.


C) Everett wrote a very good biography about George Washington and Robert E. Lee enjoyed reading it.


D) Washington had sacrificed and labored to help establish the Union which is now being torn apart.

Answer 1

Lee begins the letter by thanking his son for sending the book about George Washington.

The book gets Lee thinking: Washington would be devastated at the state of the country he worked so hard to create.

Lee says that all hope is not yet lost though. U.S. is between a state of anarchy and civil war but no battles have been fought yet