The Gettysburg Address Vocab

The Civil War was testing whether the nation would __________.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Make sacred

• Score

• Devotion

• Consecrate

• Dedicate

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In vain

• For no reason

• Disrespectfully

• Die

• To decide

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Four _______ and seven years before Lincoln's speech, the Declaration of Independence was signed.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

To become a better athlete, you must___________ practice daily.

• Devote

• Dedicate

• Endure

• Consecrate

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Honor as holy

• Consecrate

• Sacred

• Hallow

• Devotion

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

I ___________ to study harder after failing my math test.

• Devote

• Dedicate

• Resolve

• Decide

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Lincoln wants his listeners to take an increased _________ to the cause those men died for.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In his speech, Lincoln __________ a portion of the field to those who ________.

• consecrates;

  perished

• dedicates;

  endure

• hallows;

  endure

• dedicates;

  perished

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Lincoln states that we cannot consecrate or _______ the ground because the men who fought already consecrated it.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4