How does Lincoln’s second inaugural address suggest a path forward for Americans in today’s divided society

Rejecting the South's defense of slavery as “a positive good” and the North's assumption that they bore no responsibility for the peculiar institution, Lincoln used his Second Inaugural Address to propose a common public memory of both the war and American slavery as the basis for restoring national unity.

Explanation:

President Lincoln opposed slavery which was fairly the biggest issue between the north and south side of the united states.(relevant because that was the basis of the civil war ending in 1865,this was also the year Lincoln delivered his speech) The second inaugural was to address mutual forgiveness. Presiding the nations biggest crisis.

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