Common lit 3 According to the text, how does the difference of four years (between inaugural speeches) alter the
context of the speeches?
A. The first speech was longer, as the people needed explanation as they anxiously entered
war, but the second, in light of the casualties of war, is briefer and more solemn.
B. The second speech is far more triumphant than the first, which was given in an uncertain
time at the beginning of the war.
C. The second speech is more emotional and filled with more hatred towards the
Confederacy, which the Union has almost defeated.
D. The first speech was longer as President Lincoln praised the strength of the
Union, whereas in the second speech the Union is no longer so intimidating.

Read edward corsi's quotation from the book immigrantkids by russell freedman.how does this quotation add credibility to freedman'sstatement that the immigrant voyages were not pleasant? oedward corsi, who later became united statescommissioner of immigration, was a ten-year-old italianimmigrant when he sailed into new york harbor in 1907: oit is from an actual immigrant who experienced roughtreatment by the ship's workers.it is from an actual sailor who herded the immigrants likeanimals on the decks.it is from an actual writer who wrote about a fictionalfamily immigrating to the united states.it is from an actual historian who studied the immigrationexperience at ellis island.the officers of the ship went striding up and downthe decks shouting orders and directions and drivingthe immigrants before them. scowling and gesturing,they pushed and pulled the passengers, herding usinto separate groups as though we were animals. afew moments later we came to our dock, and thelong journey was over.0o