AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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consecrating a cemetery
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abolishing slavery
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not dying in vain
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preservation of the nation
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Detailed explanation-1: -So instead of coming to dedicate the ground, Lincoln says that the people are there to be dedicated to “the unfinished work” of the devoted soldiers-that is, the preservation of the Union and its ideals of liberty and equality.
Detailed explanation-2: -The unfinished work includes the fact that the struggle continues for a new birth of freedom. “that this nation should have a new birth of freedom” According to the address, when was this nation’s first birth of freedom? In the first line of the address, Lincoln describes the birth of freedom in this country in 1776.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is the “unfinished work” of those who died? Fighting to reunite the northern and southern states to one nation. What does Lincoln mean by “a new birth of freedom"? The hope that once the battles have been fought, we can live in peace and harmony together.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1863, the great task of which Lincoln spoke was ever present and powerfully real. In 1863, the task was to save the Union from a bloody and seemingly unending war.