Gettysburg

What is the main idea of the Gettysburg Address?

• The dedication of a new battlefield

• The importance of honoring the dead

• The significance of the Civil War

• The creation of a new nation

According to the passage, why was the battlefield being dedicated?

• To honor the soldiers who fought there

• To consecrate the ground for future battles

• To create a new nation

• To test the endurance of the nation

What is the author's message regarding the future of the nation?

• The nation should be dedicated to the unfinished work of the living.

• The nation should forget the sacrifices of the dead.

• The nation will not survive the Civil War.

• The nation should create a new government.

What does the author hope will come from the sacrifices of the dead?

• The creation of a new nation

• A new government

• Increased devotion to the cause of freedom

• An end to the Civil War

What is the final message of the Gettysburg Address?

• The dedication of a new battlefield

• The importance of honoring the dead

• The significance of the Civil War

• The endurance of the nation

Lincoln ends his speech by stating "that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from earth." What idea is he describing?

• democracy (without slavery)

• justice

• liberty

• equality

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.

What was so special about "four score and seven years ago" mentioned in this speech?

• The first colonists settled America

• America was discovered by Christopher Columbus

• America gained its 50th state

• The Declaration of Independence was written and America gained its freedom from Great Britain

How does this picture of Lincoln depict him? Would you be more or less confident in him as president based on this picture? Why?

What general did the Union beat at Gettysburg?