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What historical event is the Gettysburg Address associated with?
What historical event is the Gettysburg Address associated with?
- The Civil War (correct)
- The War of 1812
- World War I
- The American Revolution
According to the Gettysburg Address, how many years before the speech was the nation founded?
According to the Gettysburg Address, how many years before the speech was the nation founded?
- Seventy-six
- Eighty-seven (correct)
- One hundred
- Fifty
What is the purpose of dedicating a portion of the Gettysburg battlefield?
What is the purpose of dedicating a portion of the Gettysburg battlefield?
- To host future battles
- To construct a monument
- To build a new city
- As a final resting place for soldiers (correct)
According to Lincoln, who has already consecrated the Gettysburg ground?
According to Lincoln, who has already consecrated the Gettysburg ground?
What does Lincoln urge the living to dedicate themselves to?
What does Lincoln urge the living to dedicate themselves to?
What does Lincoln hope will not perish from the earth?
What does Lincoln hope will not perish from the earth?
On what date was the Gettysburg Address delivered?
On what date was the Gettysburg Address delivered?
What concept was the nation conceived in?
What concept was the nation conceived in?
According to Lincoln, all men are created what?
According to Lincoln, all men are created what?
What is being tested by the Civil War, according to the Gettysburg Address?
What is being tested by the Civil War, according to the Gettysburg Address?
What did soldiers give their lives for at Gettysburg?
What did soldiers give their lives for at Gettysburg?
What does Lincoln say the world will little note?
What does Lincoln say the world will little note?
What does Lincoln hope that the nation will have a new birth of?
What does Lincoln hope that the nation will have a new birth of?
According to the Gettysburg Address, what should the living take from the honored dead?
According to the Gettysburg Address, what should the living take from the honored dead?
What should people highly resolve, as stated in the Gettysburg Address?
What should people highly resolve, as stated in the Gettysburg Address?
According to Lincoln, what can the world never forget?
According to Lincoln, what can the world never forget?
What does it mean to dedicate a portion of the battlefield?
What does it mean to dedicate a portion of the battlefield?
In the Gettysburg Address, what is the 'great task remaining before us'?
In the Gettysburg Address, what is the 'great task remaining before us'?
What does 'four score and seven years ago' refer to?
What does 'four score and seven years ago' refer to?
What kind of war is mentioned at the start of the Gettysburg Address?
What kind of war is mentioned at the start of the Gettysburg Address?
Flashcards
Four score and seven years ago
Four score and seven years ago
Eighty-seven years ago
New nation's dedication
New nation's dedication
A nation founded on freedom and equality.
Civil War's test
Civil War's test
Testing if a nation based on liberty and equality can survive.
Dedication purpose
Dedication purpose
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Who consecrated the ground?
Who consecrated the ground?
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Lasting Impact
Lasting Impact
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Unfinished work
Unfinished work
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Increased devotion
Increased devotion
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Not die in Vain
Not die in Vain
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New birth of freedom
New birth of freedom
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Definition of Democracy
Definition of Democracy
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Study Notes
- The Gettysburg Address was delivered at the dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg.
- It was given on November 19, 1863.
- Abraham Lincoln delivered the address.
- The speech references the founding of the United States "four score and seven years ago," equating to 87 years prior, or 1776.
- The nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the idea that all men are created equal.
- The Civil War is testing whether a nation conceived and dedicated in this way can survive.
- A portion of the battlefield is dedicated as a final resting place for those who died to ensure the nation might live.
- It is fitting and proper to dedicate the battlefield.
- Living and dead soldiers have already consecrated the ground far beyond our power to do so.
- The world will not remember what is said at Gettysburg, but it will not forget what the soldiers did there.
- The living should dedicate themselves to the unfinished work that the soldiers advanced.
- There should be increased devotion to the cause for which the soldiers gave their full measure of devotion.
- Resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain.
- The nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom.
- Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
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