Question

What point of view does Abraham Lincoln express in this excerpt from his Second Inaugural Address?
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 a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.

A.
All people should come together to heal the nation.
B.
Survivors should honor the dead by avenging their deaths.
C.
The nation should quickly move past the trauma of the war.
D.
The Confederacy should be punished for starting the war

Answer 1

Answer: A.  All people should come together to heal the nation.

Explanation:

Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States of America. He is known as the president who led the American Civil War, which abolished slavery and preserved the union of states in times of crisis.

Despite the warlike conflict that the country went through, Lincoln always appealed to the Union, and forgiveness, during and after the civil war. He believed that the only way the country could grow strong was if everyone healed their wounds, that is, they pardoned each other, and the states remained united.

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