Gettysburg Address

Why did people gather in Gettysburg on Nov. 19, 1863? 

• To abolish slavery
• To dedicate a national cemetery 
• To encourage the Confederacy to rejoin the Union
• To hear campaign speeches for the upcoming Presidential election

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What is the subject/main idea of the Gettysburg Address?

• Freedom 
• Self-Reliance
• Voting Rights 
• Equality

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What was the tone of the speech?

• comical
• inspiring
• generous
• vicious

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Lincoln said our country was conceived in liberty.  What did he mean? 

• Founded for justice
• Founded for fairness
• Founded for equality
• Founded for freedom

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Lincoln said the soldiers had consecrated the land meaning

• they won the war here.
• they made it a sacred site.
• defeated the Confederacy.
• destroyed the Union.

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Lincoln states that "we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain", what does he mean? 

• They deserved to die
• It was God's will that they died
• We should fight for freedom in their honor
• All Confederate soldiers should die

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What is a "score"? 

• 20 years
• a win for the Union
• a win for the Confederacy
• a win for freedom

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What was so special about "four score and seven years ago" mentioned in this speech?

• The first colonists settled America
• America was discovered by Christopher Columbus
• America gained its 50th state
• The Declaration of Independence was written and America gained its freedom from Great Britain

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Lincoln believes that victory (for the Union) in the war will result in _____.

• full devotion of all citizens to the Union.
• women, as well as slaves, will have equal rights.  
• a proper memorial for those who have died in the war
• a new birth of freedom and all men will be created equal

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Lincoln ends his speech by stating "that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from earth." What idea is he describing?

• democracy
• justice
• liberty
• equality

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