Gettysburg Address Review

The language of the Gettysburg Address suggests President Lincoln--

• Feared for his life

• Did not want to honor men who fought

• Respected the men who fought for our country

• Worried he would anger his audience

In this speech Lincoln stated that the nation was created with the belief that---

• Men should not die in vain

• Men were the leaders of the nation

• All men were created equal

• Some men should be held in higher esteem

What was the "new birth of freedom" that Lincoln was referring?

• The nation will grow

• The freedom given to all people, even slaves

• Freedom from the south

• Freedom for women

What rhetorical appeal is most evident in the following text?

“We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place of those who have given their lives that that nation might live.  It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.”

• Logos

• Ethos

• Pathos

"Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure". What does Lincoln say "that nation”, to what is he referring?

• He is referring to the nation that was founded on the principles of liberty and equality

• He is referring to the Union

• He is referring to the Confederacy

• He is referring to the nation that can long endure

What rhetorical appeal is most used in the following text?

“Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”  

 

• Logos

• Ethos

• Pathos

Which of the following principles did Mr. Lincoln not address directly in the speech?

• Liberty

• Equality

• The pursuit of happiness

• unity

This speech was given at the dedication of a----

• New warship

• Burial ground

• War memorial

• New hospital

According to Lincoln, who has really consecrated the ground at Gettysburg?

• The audience

• Our forefathers

• All men

• The men who fought there

Lincoln motivated his audience to continue the war by

• Emphasizing the differences between North and South

• Encouraging the American people to be angry enough to crush the enemy

• Telling the American people why the Southern states were wrong

• Offering the American people pride, purpose, and hope