Read the excerpt from president lincoln’s 1865 inaugural address, in which he speaks about the civil war. one-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the union, but localized in the southern part of it. these slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. all knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. to strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the union even by war, while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. which statement best summarizes the central idea in this excerpt? before the civil war, most enslaved people were living in the southern part of the union. the union fought in the civil war because they wanted to strengthen, perpetuate, and extend slavery. the civil war occurred because people in the south wanted to protect and spread the practice of slavery. before the civil war, the government did not try to stop slavery, but only tried to keep it from growing.

On March 1865, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural speech.

Question: Which statement best summarizes the central idea in this excerpt?

C.  The Civil War occurred because people in the South wanted to protect and spread the practice of slavery.

The answer is c

Before the Civil War, most enslaved people were living in the southern part of the Union.

The Union fought in the Civil War because they wanted to strengthen, perpetuate, and extend slavery.

C. The Civil War occurred because people in the South wanted to protect and spread the practice of slavery.

Before the Civil War, the government did not try to stop slavery, but only tried to keep it from growing.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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