President Abraham LincolnA) lived to see the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.B) still opposed all voting rights for African-Americans at the time of his assassination.C) was unwilling to change or expand his views on slavery and race over the course of his presidency.D) called for, in his second inaugural address in March 1865, retribution against the South for its sins of slavery and war.E) suggested, in his second inaugural address in March 1865, that the whole nation was complicit in the sin of slavery.

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President Abraham LincolnA)  lived to see the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.B)  still opposed all voting rights for African-Americans at the time of his assassination.C)  was unwilling to change or expand his views on slavery and race over the course of his presidency.D)  called for, in his second inaugural address in March 1865, retribution against the South for its sins of slavery and war.E)  suggested, in his second inaugural address in March 1865, that the whole nation was complicit in the sin of slavery.

Ibrahim Toffique · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : E, Explanation :  In his second inaugural address, President Abraham Lincoln suggested that the entire nation shared the guilt for the sin of slavery, emphasizing a theme of national unity and reconciliation rather than assigning blame solely to the South.

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