1) In the second paragraph what does Lincoln say that Americans (North and South) believed about the and ldquoimpending civil-war and rdquo Why does he not identify the South as responsible for starti?

Answer 1

In the second paragraph, Lincoln suggests that both Northerners and Southerners believed the impending Civil War was a necessary conflict, driven by deeply held convictions about their respective ways of life and governance. He refrains from identifying the South as solely responsible for starting the war, emphasizing instead the shared culpability and the complex socio-political tensions that led to the conflict, thereby promoting a sense of unity and understanding rather than division.