USA HISTORY

Lincoln is reminding everyone that the country was founded on the principles of

(A) ** equality and liberty

(B) free speech and rights to bear arms

(C) free enterprise and capitalism

(D) liberty and the right to own slaves

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.

Concept note-2: -Lincoln at Gettysburg spoke most directly about equality, and in his opening line quoted “all men are created equal” from the nation’s Declaration of Independence.

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. Was this answer helpful?

Concept note-4: -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.