19. Match the quote from a speech by President Abraham Lincoln with the theme it expresses.

Question

"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..."
— President Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

"I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."
— President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free."
— President Lincoln's House Divided Speech

"[W]e here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."
— President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

A) unity rather than political differences
B) helping the South rather than punishing it
C) pursuing the values the country was founded on
D) the belief in state's rights

Answer 1

Here are the quotes matched with their corresponding themes:

1. "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..."
   — President Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
   B) helping the South rather than punishing it

2. "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."
   — President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
   D) the belief in state's rights

3. "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free."
   — President Lincoln's House Divided Speech
   A) unity rather than political differences

4. "[W]e here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."
   — President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
   C) pursuing the values the country was founded on