Excerpt from Message to the Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861 by Abraham Lincoln

President Lincoln gave this speech to Congress to gain support and funding for the Civil War after Southern states had withdrawn from the Union.

Lest there be some uneasiness in the minds of candid men, as to what is to be the course of the government, towards the Southern States, after the rebellion shall have been suppressed, the Executive deems it proper to say, it will be his purpose then, as ever, to be guided by the Constitution, and the laws; and that he probably will have no different understanding of the powers, and duties of the Federal government, relatively to the rights of the States, and the people, under the Constitution, than that expressed in the inaugural address.

Read the excerpt. Then choose the correct way to complete the sentence. The purpose of this excerpt is to.
A: Attack those who represent the southern states.
B. Explain that no one can tell what the future will hold.
C. Explain why he launched military action in the south.
D. Address the concerns of a distrustful audience.

Which of the following identified malala yousafzai’s main claim in the text?

What does atticus do that makes mayella ewell think that he's making fun of her? what does this show us about mayella's life?

He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. the lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. his throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . there was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. my family consisted of my wife and a young child. our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. we ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. they did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. they consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. who is the story’s first-person narrator