Gettysburg Address Content

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English
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8th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Margaret Anderson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.8.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the speaker of "The Gettysburg Address?"
Abraham Lincoln
Edward Everrett
Jefferson Davis
Andrew Jackson
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the intended audience?
All Americans
Union soldiers, residents of Gettysburg, and loved ones of the deceased
The Confederacy
School students across America
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the speaker's message of "The Gettysburg Address?"
Legally give slaves freedom
Unify the the nation and keep our country whole
Give slaves equal rights
Dedicate the cemetary and encourage the nation to keep fighting the civil war
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Lincoln said the soldiers had consecrated the land meaning
they won the war here.
they made it a sacred site.
defeated the Confederacy.
destroyed the Union.
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Use of the words such as "liberty, freedom, and nation" are examples of which rhetorical device?
Holy War
Appeal to Patriotism
Parallelism
Anecdote
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.8.8
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When Lincoln states, "...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom," he is implying which of the following?
That God believes that he is right.
God hates the Confederacy
Using loaded language to create an emotional reaction
Using Holy War to suggest that God is on the side of the speaker
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
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