USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

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To which of these historic events does the opening sentence of the Gettysburg Address refer?

(A) the Pilgrims’ landing

(B) ** the American Revolution

(C) the founding of Jamestown

(D) the outbreak of the Civil War

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The opening sentence of Gettysburg consists of historical events. The address mentions the American Revolution. Gettysburg is a city in Pennsylvania. Known for the Gettysburg National Battlefield, which turned the Civil War, it is now part of the Gettysburg National Military Park.

Concept note-2: -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.