Read the following from Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address and answer the question given below.

Question

“Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other.”

In the text given above, the words, “Neither” and “Both” refer to _________.
Northerners and British
Canadians and Americans
Slaves and Southerners
Northerners and Southerners

Answer 1

In the text given above, the words “Neither” and “Both” refer to Northerners and Southerners.