Question

Of the three authors we read this quarter, which two would most likely agree that slavery was a horrible practice?

a. President Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address
b. "Mark Twain, "A True Story"
c. Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind"

Answer 1

President Lincoln and "Mark Twain" would agree that slavery was a terrible practice, given Lincoln's later antislavery stance and Twain's narrative highlighting the inhumanity of slavery. Margaret Mitchell's work does not similarly critique the institution of slavery. The correct answer is option a. and b.

Step-by-step explanation:

Among the authors discussed, President Lincoln and "Mark Twain" would most likely agree that slavery was a horrible practice. President Lincoln, known for the Emancipation Proclamation, expressed his antislavery views later in his presidency, especially in his second inaugural address.

"Mark Twain," in the story A True Story, illustrates the struggles and inhumanity of slavery through the narrative of an African American woman. On the contrary, Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind is often criticized for romanticizing the Antebellum South and does not critique the institution of slavery to the same extent.