In Address to the New Jersey General Assembly, Lincoln moves from the past (New Jersey largely did not vote for him) to the present (the New Jersey legislature receives him with respect) to the future. Which is the best analysis of the purpose the structure serves and its effectiveness?
A. Purpose: to warn legislators that Lincoln’s past disagreements with them are unresolved.
Evaluation: Lincoln effectively uses the structure to predict future quarrels based on past disagreements.
B. Purpose: to prepare legislators for the difficult decisions ahead.
Evaluation: Lincoln effectively uses the structure to predict future quarrels based on past disagreements.
C. Purpose: to warn legislators that Lincoln’s past disagreements with them are unresolved
Evaluation: Lincoln effectively uses the structure to connect the legislators' welcome of him now to the support they will owe him in the future.
D. Purpose: to prepare legislators for the difficult decisions ahead
Evaluation: Lincoln effectively uses the structure to connect the legislators' welcome of him now to the support they will owe him in the future.

B. Purpose: to prepare legislators for the difficult decisions ahead. Evaluation: Lincoln effectively uses the structure to predict future quarrels based on past disagreements.

What is a Presidential Address?

This refers to the speech which the president makes to a select group of people and in this case, it was President Abraham Lincoln making an address to the New Jersey General Assembly.

WIth this in mind, we can see that because in the presidential address, he sought to address the past problems with the New Jersey past that did not vote for him, he prepares them for the difficult decisions ahead.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B

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