USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

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How many times does Lincoln use the words Union, Confederacy, North or South?

(A) ** 0

(B) 2

(C) 5

(D) 10

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -How many times does Lincoln use the words Union, Confederacy, North or South? Lincoln does not use these words at all.

Concept note-2: -(1) Lincoln never mentions the word “union” over the course of his speech, instead repeatedly referring to the “nation” instead.

Concept note-3: -Referring to “the nation” five times in a two-minute speech, Lincoln advocated an energetic national state based on popular sovereignty-a government “of the people, by the people, for the people”-to bring about “a new birth of freedom” in America.

Concept note-4: -Lincoln’s legacy is based on his momentous achievements: he successfully waged a political struggle and civil war that preserved the Union, ended slavery, and created the possibility of civil and social freedom for African-Americans.