The Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address

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Who is the author of the speech " The Gettysburg Address"?

​Abraham Lincoln’s impact on the history and culture of the United States has been immeasurable. He is a familiar figure to all Americans—even small children recognize his trademark hat. One of the United States’ greatest presidents, Lincoln led the country through the Civil War, helping to preserve the Union and to end slavery. Lincoln and the United States showed

the world that democracy can be a durable form of government.

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What's the trademark that the author left even the children can recognize it.

• beard

• cane

• hat

• smile

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“A new nation, conceived in liberty,

and dedicated to the proposition that

all men are created ________.”

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Name the birthplace of the author

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Where did the author grow?

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Name the works the author mentioned in the text.

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Where did the author begin to study law?

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At what age he was elected as an astounding political?

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In what year the author won as president?

​President and Commander in Chief

Because Lincoln believed that Congress should prevent the spread of slavery, his victory prompted seven Southern states to secede from the Union. As a result the nation plunged into the Civil War. A man who had once described military glory as “that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood— that serpent’s eye that charms to destroy” became a great war leader only because it was necessary to preserve the Union. Lincoln believed quite strongly that a Confederate victory would most likely have resulted in at least two separate nations. That, he felt, would have marked the failure of our nation’s democracy. His policies as president proved shrewd, and the war ended on April 9, 1865, with victory for the North.

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​Public Speaker:

Lincoln’s tragic and dramatic

assassination cemented his place as a U.S. legend.

His fame stems largely from the enduring power of

his words, and the Gettysburg Address and his

Second Inaugural Address are perhaps the most

notable examples of Lincoln’s mastery of public

speaking. These speeches forcefully convey

Lincoln’s deepest convictions in spare, highly

evocative language. Both speeches have had a vast

influence on the language of U.S. politics.

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Name one of the most notable speech the author wrote.

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What year has the author born?

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What year has the author died?

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Vocabulary: n. a group of twenty items

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Vocabulary: v. to set apart as

sacred; to make or declare holy;

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Vocabulary: v. to make or select as holy; to

regard or honor as sacred

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Vocabulary: v. to pass from existence; to

disappear;

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Type of literary element:

_____________is the use of a series of words, phrases, or

sentences that have the similar grammatical form

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In what year did Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address on