USA HISTORY

Abraham Lincoln gave a speech to dedicate a cemetery for the soldiers who died in the battle of Gettysburg. What is the name of his speech?

(A) The 13th Amendment

(B) The Dedication Speech

(C) ** The Gettysburg Address

(D) The Emancipation Proclamation

Concept note-1: -The Gettysburg Address is a speech delivered in 1863 by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the site of one of the most decisive battles of the American Civil War.

Concept note-2: -The Gettysburg Address: Liberty and Equality Lincoln used the speech to remind his audience that the United States was founded based on liberty and equality, pulling from language used in the Declaration of Independence. Lincoln stated that the Civil War was being fought to uphold and safeguard these ideals.

Concept note-3: -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 battle-field 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.

Concept note-4: -The Gettysburg Address: Hailed as one of the most important speeches in U.S. history, Lincoln delivered his brief, 272-word address at the dedication of the Gettysburg battlefield, the site of more than 50, 000 casualties.