Slavery, the Civil War & Reconstruction

1) Who has the Battle of Gettysburg been called "the most crucial battle in American history"?

• It was a turning point in the Civil War

• It was the first time the North was invaded

• It was the bloodiest battle in American history

• It was won by the Confederate Army

2) The passage sequences the events that led up to the Gettsburg Address. Which of the following events happened first?

• The Union and Confederate Armies met near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

• The Confederate Army invaded the North and headed into Pennsylvania.

• President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address

• The Confederate Army won a battle in northern Virginia.

3) The Gettysburg Address shows Lincoln's determine to have a unified country once more. What sentence from the speech best supports this conclusion?

• "It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced."

• "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us...and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

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

• "We have come to dedicated in a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here ave their lives that that nation might live,"

4) Based on Lincoln's speech, how can the men who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg best be honored?

• by giving a powerful speech that reminds people of their values

• by creating a whol new government that included the North and the South

• by consecrating the battlefield on which the soldiers fought

• by working to unite the American nation once more

5) What is the passage, "Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address" mostly about?

• the causalities suffered by the Union and Confederate Armies

• an important Civil War battle and Lincoln's address

• how the Battle of Gettysburg impacted the tide of the Civil War

• how Lincoln was involved in the Battle of Gettysburg

7) What is the purpose of the paragraphs provide before the text of the Gettysburg Address?

• to explain how the South defeated the North

• to examine the dedication of the battlefield

• to criticize Lincoln's speech

• to provide historical context for the Address

8) In the summer of 1863, the Confederate Army of the South invaded the North ________ it hoped to collect more supplies and weaken the North.

• sometime

• however

• because

• although

9) How did the Battle of Gettysburg impact the outcome of the Civil War?

• It didn't change the outcome

• It was the turning point for the North

• It was the turning point for the South

• It was the last battle of the Civil War

What is the "great task" described in the Gettysburg Address

• To unite America again

• To elect a new President

• To fight the south in another war

• To remember those who died