Gettysburg Address

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

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

The word dedicate is repeated several times in the speech. 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

What is the “unfinished work” to which Lincoln refers in line 16? 

• consecrating a cemetery
• abolishing slavery
• not dying in vain
• preservation of the nation

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.

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

What does perish mean? 

• continue
• liberate
• spoil
• die

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)? 

• 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.

What was the tone of the speech?

• comical
• inspiring
• generous
• vicious

Lincoln said our country was conceived in liberty.  What did he mean? 

• Founded for justice
• Founded for fairness
• Founded for equality
• Founded for freedom