Gettysburg Address Quiz

To honor the soldiers who died in the Civil War

To test the endurance of a nation conceived in liberty

To ensure that the government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth (correct)

To dedicate a portion of a battlefield

It refers to the number of years since the Emancipation Proclamation

It refers to the number of years since the founding of the United States (correct)

It refers to the number of years since the beginning of the Civil War

It refers to the number of years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence

They were responsible for the great task remaining before the living

They were foolish for fighting in the war

They were misguided in their devotion to their cause

They were heroes who consecrated the battlefield (correct)