USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

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In this speech, what is Abraham Lincoln trying to persuade people to do?

(A) to fight in a great civil war

(B) to dedicate a field to brave men who fought in Gettysburg

(C) to create two new nations dedicated to equality and liberty

(D) ** to continue the work of the people who fought and died in Gettysburg

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -In it, he invoked the principles of human equality contained in the Declaration of Independence and connected the sacrifices of the Civil War with the desire for “a new birth of freedom, ” as well as the all-important preservation of the Union created in 1776 and its ideal of self-government.

Concept note-2: -In “The Gettysburg Address”, Abraham LIncoln implements alliteration, parallelism, and repetition throughout his writing to remember the men that died at Gettysburg, and to motivate the people of the United States to continue the work of the dead, and to give the dead meaning.

Concept note-3: -Gettysburg Address On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered a short speech at the close of ceremonies dedicating the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Honoring a request to offer a few remarks, Lincoln memorialized the Union dead and highlighted the redemptive power of their sacrifice.