The Gettysburg Address

"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent, a new nation conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

What does "score" mean?

• the number of points each team has in a game

• to get points, like make a basket in a basketball game

• twenty

• a document showing all the notes of a piece of music

"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent, a new nation conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
What does conceived mean in this sentence?

• to become pregnant with a child

• to plan in the mind; imagine

• to become affected by

• to believe something that is not true

"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent, a new nation conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

What does dedicated mean in the above sentence?

• committed; devoted

• performed in someone's honor

• not alive

• perceived in the mind

"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent, a new nation conceived in Liberty, an dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

What does proposition mean in the above sentence?

• make a suggest

• ask for a hand in marriage

• not alive

• theory (idea)

"Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure."

What does endure mean in the sentence?

• allowed

• fade

• permitted

• remain in existence

"But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground."

What does consecrate mean in this sentence?

• To make something sacred (connected to God) that deserves great respect

• to concentrate

• to consider

• to make holy

"But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground."

What does hallow mean in this sentence?

• To make something sacred (connected to God) that deserves great respect

• to concentrate

• to consider

• to make holy

"The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract."

What does detract mean in this sentence?

• make holy

• distract

• take away from

• emphasize

"...from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion..."

What does devotion mean in this quote?

• sacrifice

• give all or a large part of one's time or resources to; love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person, activity, or cause

• mourning and sadness

• inability to understand right from wrong

What does it mean to "die in vain"?

• to die too young

• to be arrogant, even in the face of death

• to die from bleeding

• to die for no reason