USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

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Why were people gathered at Gettysburg in November when President Lincoln visited?

(A) to battle

(B) ** to dedicate a cemetery

(C) to learn each other’s address

(D) to surrender

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, on a battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Over three days of Civil War fighting on July 1-3 that year, more soldiers died here than any single battle fought in North America before or since.

Concept note-2: -On November 19, 1863, the town of Gettysburg gathered to remember their fallen soldiers and dedicate the cemetery. President Abraham Lincoln walked with the townspeople to the cemetery and spoke at the dedication. He spoke for a little under two minutes.

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: -Thursday, November 19, 1863, at about noon, as the sun broke through the clouds, President Abraham Lincoln gave his two-minute address to the 15, 000 gathered for the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, PA.