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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We have come to say that part of this field is holy because it is a final resting place for those who died here so that our country can continue to exist.
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We have come here to create a cemetery, a place where soldiers who fought and died for the protection of our country can be buried and honored.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -So, here “dedicated” expresses how the country is founded, or based on an idea or ideal. “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: -The main message of the Gettysburg Address is that ideals are worth dying for and that it is up to the living to carry on the work of those who died to protect ideals. The ideals of equality and freedom are the bedrock of the United States as a nation.
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.
Detailed explanation-4: -On June 1, 1865, Senator Charles Sumner referred to the most famous speech ever given by President Abraham Lincoln.