(A) ** They fought and died for the government and nation to survive in freedom.
(B) They fought and died in order to be honored by the government.
(C) They fought and died to show their devotion to the people they loved.
(D) They fought and died to create a new nation with a new government.
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Concept note-1: -Based on this evidence, what conclusion can you draw about the cause “these honored dead” fought and died for? They fought and died in order to be honored by the government. They fought and died for the government and nation to survive in freedom.
Concept note-2: -What is the main purpose of the Gettysburg Address? The main purpose of the Gettysburg Address at the time it was given was to commemorate a new National Cemetery at Gettysburg. It also gave Lincoln’s purpose for pushing on to win the Civil War-the abolition of slavery and the reunification of the Union.
Concept note-3: -Lincoln’s message in his Gettysburg Address was that the living can honor the wartime dead not with a speech, but rather by continuing to fight for the ideas they gave their lives for.
Concept note-4: -Without the phrase, Lincoln would only be talking about the survival of a specific place, the nation founded in 1776 (“that nation”). With the phrase – “or any nation so conceived or dedicated” he says the question is not just the survival of that nation – but any nation built on the same principles.