USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Lincoln’s message in this speech is that
A
although a terrible tragedy has occurred, those who remain alive should carry on the cause for which the soldiers died.
B
the United States was 87 years old at the time of the speech.
C
there was a great civil war being fought in this country.
D
that Gettysburg was a great battlefield in a great war.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: A) although a terrible tragedy has occurred, those who remain alive should carry on the cause for which the soldiers died. Explanation: Lincoln’s message in the Gettysburg Address is that although a terrible tragedy has occurred, those who remain alive should carry on the cause for which the soldiers died.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1863, the task was to save the Union from a bloody and seemingly unending war. In 272 words, Lincoln gave purpose and meaning to the strife; he offered solace to a suffering nation and laid out a powerful vision of a future United States which could emerge from the conflict under a new birth of freedom.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

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