US History STAAR Review: Gettysburg Address

Why did people gather in Gettysburg on Nov. 19, 1863? 

• To abolish slavery
• To dedicate a national cemetery 
• To encourage the Confederacy to rejoin the Union
• To hear campaign speeches for the upcoming Presidential election

What is the subject/main idea of the Gettysburg Address?

• Freedom 
• Self-Reliance
• Voting Rights 
• Equality

What was the tone of the speech?

• comical
• inspiring
• generous
• vicious

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

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

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.

Lincoln states that "we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain", what does he mean? 

• They deserved to die
• It was God's will that they died
• We should fight for freedom in their honor
• All Confederate soldiers should die

What is a "score"? 

• 20 years
• a win for the Union
• a win for the Confederacy
• a win for freedom

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

Lincoln believes that victory (for the Union) in the war will result in _____.

• full devotion of all citizens to the Union.
• women, as well as slaves, will have equal rights.  
• a proper memorial for those who have died in the war
• a new birth of freedom and all men will be created equal

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
• justice
• liberty
• equality