USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

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What was the speaker’s message of “The Gettysburg Address?”

(A) Legally give slaves freedom

(B) Unify the the nation and keep our country whole

(C) Give slaves equal rights

(D) ** Dedicate the cemetary and encourage the nation to keep fighting the civil war

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Lincoln’s message in the Gettysburg Address was that the living should honour the war dead not by giving a speech, but by continuing to fight for the ideals for which they gave their lives.

Concept note-2: -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-3: -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.

Concept note-4: -The invited featured speaker at the dedication was Edward Everett, the former president of Harvard College and one of the 19th century’s most celebrated orators. Everett spoke for two hours.

Concept note-5: -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.