Use the SOAPS method to identify the main idea of Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address Answer the questions in one to three short sentences. Part A Who is the speaker of the Second Inaugural Address?

Part A: The speaker of the Second Inaugural Address is Abraham Lincoln.

Part B: The occasion of this speech was that his second term as US president was beginning.

Part C: The intended audience were the citizens of the United States.

Part D: The speech’s purpose was that he wanted to talk about what had caused the Civil War/the division of the country and how he wanted to reunite it.

Part E: The subject of this address is the Civil War, which is ending at the time he gives this speech.

Part F: The main idea of it was that slavery caused the Civil War.