Question

"With malice toward none, with charity for all…let us strive…to bind up the nation’s wounds…to do all which may achieve a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”
—Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address



Based on the lesson and this quote, what was Lincoln's hope for the future of the Union?

(1 point)
Responses

Both sides would reconcile and freedom and equality would prevail.
Both sides would reconcile and freedom and equality would prevail.

The united Union would take its place among world powers.
The united Union would take its place among world powers.

The South would be punished for causing the war.

Answer 1

Lincoln's hope for the future of the Union was that both sides would reconcile and freedom and equality would prevail.