The Gettysburg Address

What is the definition of score?

• A group or set of twenty or about twenty.
• Form or devise (a plan or idea) in the mind
• The state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals
• A statement or assertion that expresses a judgment or opinion

According to Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address, what is the stated purpose for meeting on the battlefield?

• to set aside a portion of the field as a graveyard for fallen soldiers

• to make a commitment to avenging the slain Gettysburg troops

• to pledge the nation to the Northern cause

• to surrender the nation to God

What is Lincoln’s main purpose in the Gettysburg Address?

• to identify the soldiers who have died in battle so far

• to argue why the Union will win the war

• to seek money for the families of those who died in battle

• to explain the importance of the war and inspire support for the Union

Read this quotation from the beginning of the Gettysburg Address.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty.…

What does Lincoln’s reference to an earlier time period suggest?

• He recognizes the need for humor at a sad time.

• He wishes to relate complex ideas to a common cause.

• He is concerned with losses due to battlefield casualties.

• He is aware of the nation’s short history and its founding principles.

In the Gettysburg Address, which set of values does Abraham Lincoln most clearly associate with the nation he leads?

• freedom and equality

• creativity and ingenuity

• prosperity and opportunity

• self-reliance and individuality

According to Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address, why are he and the others attending the ceremony unable to make the ground at Gettysburg holy?

• The soldiers who fought there have already made it holy.

• The site can never be holy until the Civil War has ended.

• Too much violence and bloodshed have taken place there.

• Only God, not human beings, can ever make a place holy.

What can the reader (or listener) infer that Lincoln wants America's response to the deaths at the Battle of Gettysburg to be?

• Lincoln wants America to move on and forget the men who died.

• Lincoln wants to set up a memorial plaque to remember the men who died here.

• Lincoln wants America to be ashamed of all the loss of life on this battlefield.

• Lincoln wants America to remember these men and continue to fight for their cause until victory.

What is the main idea of this speech?

• The battle at Gettysburg was hard fought.

• Lincoln will not be re-elected due to the war.

• The nation will most likely cease to exist due to the war.

• Brave men died fighting a war that will test the strength of the nation.

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

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

Which of the following answer choices best paraphrases the quote, "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation. . . ."

• 27 years ago some people made a new country that brought us together

• 87 years ago some people made a new country that brought us together

• 87 years ago some people made a new country that brought us together

• 27 years ago our relatives made a new country that brought us together