Common lit president lincons second
PART A: Which statement identifies the central idea of the speech?

A
President Lincoln believes that the Civil War was God’s way of punishing the United Sates for its history of slavery.
B
President Lincoln believes that the South is to blame for the causalities of war, as it refused to give up slavery.
C
The nation has changed in many positive ways since President Lincoln’s last inauguration.
D
The Civil War continued after the abolishment of slavery, proving that slavery was never the true cause of the war.

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Describe the misfit’s experience of the world. to what extent can his criminality be attributed to the conditions of his life? even though he is not in jail, is he a free man?

This excerpt is from “the poet” by alfred, lord tennyson. the poem describes a poet's consciousness and perception. which three lines suggest the richness of a poet's thoughts? thus truth was multiplied on truth, [the world like one great garden show'd,] and thro' the wreaths of floating dark upcurl'd, rare sunrise flow'd. [and freedom rear'd in that august sunrise] her beautiful bold brow, when rites and forms before his burning eyes melted like snow. [there was no blood upon her maiden robes] sunn'd by those orient skies; but round about the circles of the globes of her keen eyes and in her raiment's hem was traced in flame wisdom, a name to shake [all evil dreams of power--a sacred name.] and when she spake, [her words did gather thunder as they ran,] and as the lightning to the thunder which follows it, riving the spirit of man, making earth wonder, so was their meaning to her words. no sword of wrath her right arm whirl'd, [ but one poor poet's scroll, and with 'his' word] she shook the world.