"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
A “score” is twenty. Calculate the number of years in “four score and seven.” Then go back from 1863. What year is Lincoln referring to?
a. 1607
b. 1776
c. 1787
d. 1812
What document did Abraham Lincoln believe provided the foundation for the nation?
a. the Declaration of Independence
b. the Articles of Confederation
c. the Constitution
d. the Bill of Rights
What did Lincoln believe to be the key premise of the nation that was conceived?
a. A nation should be founded on liberty.
b. All people are equal.
c. There should be dedication when a nation is founded.
d. Fathers conceive nations.
“Now we are engaged in a great civil war. . .testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated. . .can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war.”
What does Lincoln say is the challenge of the Civil War?
a. whether people are dedicated
b. whether the nation will last
c. whether the battlefield at Gettysburg was great
d. whether anyone can win
“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
What does Lincoln feel is the purpose of having this cemetery serve as a final resting place?
a. to give everyone a proper burial
b. to preserve a portion of the battlefield
c. to do the right thing
d. to recognize those that died to preserve the nation
“But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate. . .we cannot consecrate. . .we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought
Why does Lincoln say that “we cannot dedicate…we cannot consecrate…we cannot hallow this ground,” when that is the supposed purpose of the event?
a. because those things had already been done by those who fought at Gettysburg
b. because not enough people attended the event to do this
c. because the dead soldiers were the only ones who could accomplish this
d. because only God could do it
What does Lincoln think will be remembered and what will be forgotten about the cemetery dedication?
a. Those who died will be the ones remembered.
b. The sacrifices of those who fought will be remembered, but the words will not.
c. The words will carry the nation forward and will be remembered.
d. The people who fought at Gettysburg will be forgotten, but the words will not.
What is Lincoln’s hope for the nation?
a. that the nation and its government will last
b. that more people will not perish in war
c. that winning the war is necessary
d. that everyone will remain dedicated to honoring the dead
“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us. . .that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion. . .that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. . .that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. . .and that government
Looking at the speech as a whole, what does Lincoln NOT mention?
a. The country was founded on the ideal of equality.
b. Those who died stood for important principles.
c. Slavery and the Confederacy must be eliminated.
d. Freedom and the foundation of government are in the people.
Gettysburg Address has had a long-term impact similar to the Declaration of Independence. Why?
a. Both were carefully written and edited.
b. Both were delivered as powerful speeches.
c. Both were lengthy explanations of freedom.
d. Both expressed clear moral ideals.
Imagine you are a Northerner listening to the Gettysburg Address. How does it make you feel: Sad for those who died at Gettysburg? Encouraged to continue to fight the South? Excited about the future of the nation? Explain your reaction to the Gettysburg Address.
A “score” is twenty. Calculate the number of years in “four score and seven.” Then go back from 1863. What year is Lincoln referring to?
a. 1607
b. 1776
c. 1787
d. 1812
What document did Abraham Lincoln believe provided the foundation for the nation?
a. the Declaration of Independence
b. the Articles of Confederation
c. the Constitution
d. the Bill of Rights
What did Lincoln believe to be the key premise of the nation that was conceived?
a. A nation should be founded on liberty.
b. All people are equal.
c. There should be dedication when a nation is founded.
d. Fathers conceive nations.
“Now we are engaged in a great civil war. . .testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated. . .can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war.”
What does Lincoln say is the challenge of the Civil War?
a. whether people are dedicated
b. whether the nation will last
c. whether the battlefield at Gettysburg was great
d. whether anyone can win
“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
What does Lincoln feel is the purpose of having this cemetery serve as a final resting place?
a. to give everyone a proper burial
b. to preserve a portion of the battlefield
c. to do the right thing
d. to recognize those that died to preserve the nation
“But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate. . .we cannot consecrate. . .we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought
Why does Lincoln say that “we cannot dedicate…we cannot consecrate…we cannot hallow this ground,” when that is the supposed purpose of the event?
a. because those things had already been done by those who fought at Gettysburg
b. because not enough people attended the event to do this
c. because the dead soldiers were the only ones who could accomplish this
d. because only God could do it
What does Lincoln think will be remembered and what will be forgotten about the cemetery dedication?
a. Those who died will be the ones remembered.
b. The sacrifices of those who fought will be remembered, but the words will not.
c. The words will carry the nation forward and will be remembered.
d. The people who fought at Gettysburg will be forgotten, but the words will not.
What is Lincoln’s hope for the nation?
a. that the nation and its government will last
b. that more people will not perish in war
c. that winning the war is necessary
d. that everyone will remain dedicated to honoring the dead
“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us. . .that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion. . .that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. . .that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. . .and that government
Looking at the speech as a whole, what does Lincoln NOT mention?
a. The country was founded on the ideal of equality.
b. Those who died stood for important principles.
c. Slavery and the Confederacy must be eliminated.
d. Freedom and the foundation of government are in the people.
Gettysburg Address has had a long-term impact similar to the Declaration of Independence. Why?
a. Both were carefully written and edited.
b. Both were delivered as powerful speeches.
c. Both were lengthy explanations of freedom.
d. Both expressed clear moral ideals.
Imagine you are a Northerner listening to the Gettysburg Address. How does it make you feel: Sad for those who died at Gettysburg? Encouraged to continue to fight the South? Excited about the future of the nation? Explain your reaction to the Gettysburg Address.