AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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The arrival of European colonists
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The founding of the United States
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The end of the Civil War
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the first line of the address, Lincoln describes the birth of freedom in this country in 1776. “That government…
Detailed explanation-3: -Lincoln delivered one of the most famous speeches in United States history at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on November 19, 1863. The Battle of Gettysburg was fought between July 1 and July 3, 1863.
Detailed explanation-4: -Abraham Lincoln was referring to 1776, the date we declared independence from tyranny. He goes on to say “our fathers, ” not our forefathers. Today we’re more accustomed to saying forefathers.