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What proposition was the new nation conceived in?
What proposition was the new nation conceived in?
Liberty
What are the people gathered there to dedicate?
What are the people gathered there to dedicate?
A portion of the battlefield as a final resting place for the fallen soldiers
In the Gettysburg Address, what does Abraham Lincoln say the world will remember?
In the Gettysburg Address, what does Abraham Lincoln say the world will remember?
What the brave men did in battle
What task does Lincoln say is remaining for the living?
What task does Lincoln say is remaining for the living?
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What cause does Lincoln urge the living to take increased devotion to?
What cause does Lincoln urge the living to take increased devotion to?
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According to Lincoln, what should the living highly resolve?
According to Lincoln, what should the living highly resolve?
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Study Notes
The Gettysburg Address
- The speech was delivered on the occasion of dedicating a portion of the battlefield as a final resting place for the soldiers who died fighting for the nation.
- The United States was conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
- The country is engaged in a great civil war to test whether a nation conceived in Liberty can long endure.
- The speech was delivered on a great battlefield of the civil war.
- The brave men who struggled and died on the battlefield have consecrated the ground, making it impossible for others to add or detract from it.
- The world will not remember the speech, but it will never forget the actions of the soldiers who fought and died on the battlefield.
The Purpose of the Speech
- The speech is a call to action for the living to continue the unfinished work of the soldiers who fought and died for the nation.
- The people must be dedicated to the great task of ensuring that the government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.
- The nation requires a new birth of freedom, and the people must take increased devotion to the cause for which the soldiers gave their lives.
- The speech concludes with a resolution that the dead shall not have died in vain, and that the nation shall continue to be a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
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Test your knowledge of one of the most famous speeches in American history delivered by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. This quiz covers the themes and key points addressed in the Gettysburg Address.
