Lincoln's Speeches

Gettysburg is in which Union state?

• Pennsylvania

• Maryland

• Kentucky

• West Virginia

What was Lincoln’s primary purpose for delivering the Gettysburg Address? 

• to commemorate a great Union victory
• to dedicate a cemetery
• to launch his reelection campaign
• to consecrate the ground

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According to Lincoln, men gave their lives at Gettysburg ______.

• to hallow the ground
• that the nation might live
• to stop the Confederate advance into Pennsylvania
• so that slavery would be abolished

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The word dedicate is repeated several times in the Gettysburg Address. Which of the following is NOT a definition of the word dedicate?

• total committment

• all in

• to be made sacred or special

• committed to a particular course of action

When Lincoln says, in lines 20–21 of the Gettysburg Address, “we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain,” he is encouraging his listeners to ____.

• seek revenge on those who killed the brave, proud soldiers.

• finish the work of freeing all people who are held in bondage.

• strengthen their support for the rebuilding of the nation

• dedicate a portion of the field as a final resting place.

Lincoln believes that victory in the war will result in _____.

• a full measure of devotion
• a new birth of freedom
• an altogether fitting and proper memorial. 
• a belief that all men are created equal.

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Lincoln ends by stating his commitment “that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” What ideal is he expressing?

• democracy
• justice
• liberty
• equality

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Lincoln ends by stating his commitment “that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” (Gettysburg) What ideal is he expressing?

• democracy

• justice

• liberty

• equality

What does Lincoln mean when he says, “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here” (lines 13–15. Gettysburg Address)?

• Actions are more important than words.

• It is more important to talk about beliefs than to take action about those beliefs.

• The consequences of commemoration will last far longer than the consequences of their heroism.

• The soldiers dedication to the Union should be honored with our words and the commemoration of the cemetery.

Lincoln came to believe the only way he could save the Union is if he did what?

• Put the Irish in Prison
• Let the South win the war
• Emancipate the Slaves
• Ask France to fight for the Union