Read the excerpt from President Lincoln's 1865 inaugural

address, in which he speaks about the Civil War.

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One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not

distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the

southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and

powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow

the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend

this interest was the object for which the insurgents would

rend the Union even by war, while the Government claimed

no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement

of it.

the answer is a

explanation:

a

explanation:

answer: your option is c.

explanation:

the examples that saki used to represent satire through situational irony are options two (2) and five (5) inasmuch as the wolf thought that looking for a girl in the bushes could be as easy as hunting little pigs at the park, but it took him so much time to find the girl if it had not been not for a silly mistake. also, bertha would have survived to the wolf's hunt if she had not won those medals for goodness, which at the end they were what got her killed by making noise, so winning medals of goodness was not so good achievement, after all.