Abraham Lincoln was the 16th American President and his term in office lasted from 1861 to 1865. Because of his assassination, Lincoln did not last very long into his second term as President. What this man was best known for was the challenge he had to face with the issue of slavery and the confrontation between the North and South due to it, which led into the Civil War. In the end, and after winning the reelection, Lincoln gave a second inaugural address, which took place on March 4, 1865. This speech focused its forces on the topic which had caused the war, slavery, and through it, Lincoln tried to encourage his people to maintain their efforts to correct a wrong. Though never a hard and strict abolitionist, Lincoln did believe that slavery should not be allowed to extend into the newly adhered western territories, but rather, limit it to the South. In this particular excerpt from his Second Inaugural Address, Lincoln is using the word bread to mean C: Wealth, refering to the injustice done by Southerners when they wished slavery to withstand because through it they were able to keep their lands, increase their productivity and thus extend their wealth.