Problem
i. Briefly provide the historical context surrounding this event. What is going on in the nation at the time and what will be happening over the next few years?
ii. Does Lincoln want to accept or reject Louisiana's petition to rejoin the Union? What does he say to support his argument?
iii. What steps had the state of Louisiana taken to prove their loyalty to the Union?
iv. Explain the following analogy made by Lincoln in his speech: "Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be as the egg is to the fowl, we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it?"