AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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made in peace
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given in freedom
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made in freedom
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given in peace
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Detailed explanation-1: -“conceived in liberty”: Lincoln says the country was “conceived in Liberty, ” that is, the people who founded it freely chose to dedicate themselves to a claim – it was not forced upon them. They were able to think freely.
Detailed explanation-2: -What is the main purpose of the Gettysburg Address? The main purpose of the Gettysburg Address at the time it was given was to commemorate a new National Cemetery at Gettysburg. It also gave Lincoln’s purpose for pushing on to win the Civil War-the abolition of slavery and the reunification of the Union.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.”