Which of the following best describes the main focus of Lincoln’s speech?

• Remembering and respecting the Confederate dead

• Honoring Union dead and their sacrifice in order to inspire the public to support the war effort

• The pointlessness of historical memories

• Reimagining future national purposes

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Lincoln’s address is delivered in______ tense, from a______ point of view.

• past; first person

• past; third person

• present; first person

• present; third person

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of these inferences is most strongly supported by the text below?

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

• Lincoln wants to ease racial tensions in the South.

• Lincoln is not certain that the Union will be victorious.

• Lincoln feels he must explain the definition of a civil war.

• Only some of the dead will be memorialized where they fell in battle.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

In the second sentence of his address, "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty," Lincoln uses the verb conceived. What is the definition of "conceived"?

• a group or set of twenty

• to suffer patiently over a period of time, or to survive a difficult or painful experience

• to declare something as sacred

• to think of or develop an idea

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In the second paragraph of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln uses the verb, consecrate, "But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate — we cannot consecrate — we cannot hallow — this ground." What does consecrate mean?

• to embellish or exaggerate

• to think of or develop an idea

• to declare something as sacred

• to suffer patiently over a period of time, or to survive a difficult or painful experience

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the definition of perish?

• To disappear

• To be destroyed

• To run away

• To eat quickly

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of conceived?

• To create something in your mind

• To write down an answer

• To investigate something

• To create a plan of action

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of proposition?

• To give an idea

• An idea or offer to consider

• Taking an offer from someone

• An idea that means nothing

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is the definition of hallow?

• To be disrespectful

• To be nice to

• To respect greatly

• To be mean to

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition on nobly?

• Being a terrible person

• Loving puppies

• Showing bad qualities yet, showing high character

• Showing good qualities or high character

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4