(A) President Lincoln’s death
(B) ** winning the Civil War
(C) discovery of a treasure
(D) the ship’s arrival in port
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Concept note-1: -The prize is the independence from the slavery which was a prize of struggling for attaining independence from slavery. They fought the war and won it and the independence which they got after winning the war was like a prize for the struggle that they had done.
Concept note-2: -The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won; What does “the prize we sought is won” refer to? The North has won the Civil War. Read Lincoln’s statement from “The Gettysburg Address."
Concept note-3: -Answer: America had braved the tough storm of the Civil War and ‘the prize’ was the preservation of the Union winning the war as it says “the people all exulting".
Concept note-4: -The “ship” is the United States, and the “prize” is the preservation of the Union.
Concept note-5: -: something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance. also : premium sense 1d. : something exceptionally desirable. 3. archaic : a contest for a reward : competition.