AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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that our country, under God’s blessing, shall have a new form of government
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that our country, under God’s blessing, shall be reborn in freedom
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that we will become a really religious country
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lincoln described the Civil War as a struggle for “a new birth of freedom"–his vision for a nation that provides equality for all of its citizens, creates a unified nation no longer dominated by states’ rights, and defines democracy in terms of “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Gettysburg Address …we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain-that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom-and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lincoln repeated those sentiments in his most memorable address at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1863.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Gettysburg Address. President Lincoln delivered the 272 word Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863 on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.