What event is Whitman mourning?Group of answer choicesThe start of the Civil WarThe loss of the Confederate armyThe death of President LincolnA ship’s return after an unsuccessful trip

In the first two paragraphs, the author presents the story of Captain Jesse Ozbat in order to __________.A.illustrate one of the events that led to the creation of Memorial Day after the American Civil WarB.highlight the importance of serving in a branch of the military such as the U.S. ArmyC.describe the difference between the celebrations of Veterans Day and Memorial DayD.provide an example of the meaningful ways service members are remembered on Memorial Day

Which line best shows Whitman’s sorrow about this event?Group of answer choicesFor you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turningRise up for you the flag is flung for you the bugle trillsBut I, with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths - for you the shores a-crowding

Starting in 1860, Southern states began to secede in response to __________.Group of answer choicesthe election of Abraham Lincolnthe attack on Fort SumterJohn Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferrythe Kansas-Nebraska Act

attacks on Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri and Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts by Southern Democrats indicate that events in Congress in the 1850s provide evidence of the __________.Group of answer choicesdesperation of Southern Democrats to protect slavery made it difficult to find compromiseSouthern tendency toward brutalityproclivity toward violence that made the Civil War inevitableweakness of antislavery Northerners

In the Gettysburg Address, what was Lincoln trying to do?A.Prevent the Southern states from continuing to buy and sell slavesB.Motivate American citizens to donate more money to the war effortC.Ask for more power from the American people so that he could end the Civil WarD.Encourage Union soldiers to continue fighting for the important goal of freedomSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS