Which alternative presents the correct option to complete the blanks in the text below, according to cohesion and
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Born in poverty, he moved with his family to Indiana and Illinois. Largely self-taught, he became a lawyer. He
served in the state legislature (1834-41), moving to Springfield, during his tenure, and in the U.S House of
Representatives (1847-49).
A supporter of the new Republican Party in its antislavery stand in 1858 he ____ for U.S. Senate against the
incumbent, Stephen A. Douglas though he was unsuccessful, their eloquent debates _______ Lincoln to national attention.
In 1860 he won the Republican presidential nomination and was elected president. Though Lincoln ____
expressed a moderate view on slavery during the campaign, opposing only its extension into new states, the
South seceded and the Civil War began in 1861.
The war dominated Lincoln’s administration. To unite the North and influence foreign opinion, he issued the
landmark Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. His extraordinary Gettysburg Address later that year further ennobled the war's purpose; it contains the most celebrated language ____ spoken by an American politician.
He was re-elected in 1864, and in his eloquent Second Inaugural Address he ______ for moderation in
reconstructing the South and in building a harmonious Union. Five days after the war's end, he was shot by the
fanatic John Wilkes Booth. His reputation among U.S. presidents remains unsurpassed.
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