US History questions

Questions to be answered in complete sentences. Be sure to answer all ten (10) questions.
1. In his speech President Obama said, “Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and
raging storms.” How are the problems that faced
President Lincoln and President Obama similar?
2. Quoting from one of his earlier speeches, what did President Lincoln have to say about the institution of
slavery?
3. President Obama said, “That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood.” List five (5) reasons
why he feels that we are in the midst of a crisis.
4. President Lincoln said, “Physically speaking, we cannot separate.” Explain his arguments in support of this
statement.
5. President Obama said, “For we know that our patchwork heritage is strength, not a weakness.” Explain his
arguments in support of this statement.
6. Explain Lincoln’s view that the “Union of these states is perpetual.”
7. How did President Obama explain, “What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted
beneath them?”
8. In this course we have spoken about the roles of the majority and the minority in American political life.
According to his inaugural address, what were Lincoln’s views on the role of the majority and the minority?
9. According to his inaugural address, President Obama said, “For everywhere we look, there is work to be
done.” Cite examples of the work he was referring to.
10. How was the last paragraph of President Lincoln’s speech à plea to the people of the South?

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