The Battle of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address

General Lee decided to press the attack at Gettysburg by ordering General Richard Ewell to attack the ________.

• Union center

• High ground

• Little Round Top

• Cemetery Ridge

Who was killed in action later on the first day of the battle?

• General John Buford

• General John Reynolds

• General James Longstreet

• General George Pickett

After the battle, Lee's position was extremely weakened, and he withdrew back to which state?

• Maryland

• Virginia

• Pennsylvania

• New York

The Battle of Gettysburg is recognized as the turning point of the war for which side?

• Union

• Confederacy

• Both sides

• Neither side

Who was invited to give 'a few appropriate remarks' at the dedication ceremony?

• Edward Everett

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

By November 1863, the town of Gettysburg had mostly returned to ________.

• Chaos

• Normal

• Ruins

• Prosperity

The Gettysburg Address is considered by some as the greatest speech in ________ history.

• World

• American

• Military

• Political

Fill in the blank: 'Evaporation' is the process of turning liquid into ____.

• Solid

• Gas

• Plasma

• Ice

What does 'ecosystem' refer to?

• A) A community of interacting organisms and their environment

• B) A single organism

• C) A type of rock formation

• D) A weather pattern

What is 'biodiversity'?

• The variety of life in the world or a particular habitat

• A type of plant

• A weather phenomenon

• A geological process.