Use the excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address to
answer the question.
What does this excerpt MOST CLEARLY suggest about Lincoln's plans for
ending the war and reuniting the nation?
OA. Lincoln felt uncertain of the best way to end the war and doubted
that the nation could be brought back together.
OB. Lincoln intended to defeat and destroy the South and impose
punitive conditions for rebellious states to be readmitted.
OC. Lincoln intended to offer conciliatory terms of peace to bring the
war to a quick close and return the nation to its prewar state.
OD. Lincoln wanted a decisive peace, after which he would rejoin the
states as quickly and smoothly as possible while ending slavery.