AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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According to Lincoln, men gave their lives at Gettysburg ____
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to hallow the ground
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that the nation might live
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to stop the Confederate advance into Pennsylvania
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so that slavery would be abolished
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lincoln’s Primary purpose for delivering the Gettysburg Address was to dedicate a cemetery. According to Lincoln, men gave their lives at Gettysburg so that the nation might live.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lincoln was declaring that the United States would continue to fight to preserve the nation that was created by the Founding Fathers who wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
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