(A) ** although a terrible tragedy has occurred, those who remain alive should carry on the cause for which the soldiers died.
(B) the United States was 87 years old at the time of the speech.
(C) there was a great civil war being fought in this country.
(D) that Gettysburg was a great battlefield in a great war.
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -Answer: A) although a terrible tragedy has occurred, those who remain alive should carry on the cause for which the soldiers died. Explanation: Lincoln’s message in the Gettysburg Address is that although a terrible tragedy has occurred, those who remain alive should carry on the cause for which the soldiers died.
Concept note-2: -In 1863, the task was to save the Union from a bloody and seemingly unending war. In 272 words, Lincoln gave purpose and meaning to the strife; he offered solace to a suffering nation and laid out a powerful vision of a future United States which could emerge from the conflict under a new birth of freedom.
Concept note-3: -Lincoln’s address lasted just two or three minutes. The speech reflected his redefined belief that the Civil War was not just a fight to save the Union, but a struggle for freedom and equality for all, an idea Lincoln had not championed in the years leading up to the war.