AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
END OF THE CIVIL WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The slaves would be guaranteed freedom.
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The fallen soldiers would not be forgotten.
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The Confederates would fall
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered remarks, which later became known as the Gettysburg Address, at the official dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, on the site of one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-2: -In November 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous speech to honor the men who had fought and died in the Battle of Gettysburg to preserve the Union.
Detailed explanation-3: -In his address, President Lincoln invoked the Declaration of Independence, and its principles of liberty and equality, and spoke of “a new birth of freedom” for the nation. He continued to reshape the aims of the war for the American people-transforming it from a war for Union to a war for Union and freedom.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.