USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

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conceived in liberty,

(A) based on the idea of freedom

(B) ** born in a free country

(C) taken from a free country

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -“conceived in liberty”: Lincoln says the country was “conceived in Liberty, ” that is, the people who founded it freely chose to dedicate themselves to a claim – it was not forced upon them. They were able to think freely.

Concept note-2: -Inspiring extended applause, Lincoln concluded: “This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom-and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”