Question

The main point of the political cartoon above is that ______.

• A. The United States was founded by slaveholders such as George Washington
• B. Abraham Lincoln was a deeply religious man
• C. Churches in the United States were hypocritical because seating was segregated by race
• D. Abraham Lincoln did not have a prayer of winning a series of debates with Stephen Dou glas
• E. No slaveholder could ever expect absolution for any sins he had committed

Answer 1

The correct option is A The United States was founded by slaveholders such as George Washington

The cartoon suggests that the Union position against slaveholding is hypocritical because Washington and others who founded the United States were slaveholders.