Close Reading The Reading sections of college admissions tests require you to apply close-reading skills to answer questions about the details and deeper meaning of texts. Practice with these questions, which are based on Lincoln's second inaugural address. Select an answer by highlighting it. 1. In the second paragraph Lincoln implies that the war might have been avoided if the Confederate side A) had established a new capital city. B) had accepted a ban against slavery outside the South. C) had agreed to dissolve the Union. D) had attempted to expand slavery into new territories.

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Close Reading The Reading sections of college admissions tests require you to apply close-reading skills to answer questions about the details and deeper meaning of texts. Practice with these questions, which are based on Lincoln's second inaugural address. Select an answer by highlighting it. 1. In the second paragraph Lincoln implies that the war might have been avoided if the Confederate side A) had established a new capital city. B) had accepted a ban against slavery outside the South. C) had agreed to dissolve the Union. D) had attempted to expand slavery into new territories.

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This question is asking for an interpretation of a specific part of Lincoln's second inaugural address. The question is asking what Lincoln implied might have prevented the war if the Confederate side had done something different. The options provided are all potential actions that the Confederate side could have taken. The correct answer is the one that Lincoln implied would have prevented the war.

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