Question

According to "The Words That Remade America: Lincoln at Gettysburg" by Garry Wills, which statements are TRUE?I. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton had arranged for a 6:00 A.M. train to take Lincoln to Gettysburg, but Lincoln understood the margin for error that must always by built into planning. So Lincoln countermanded Stanton's and planned to depart from Washington the day before the scheduled ceremony.II. Lincoln was a revolutionary in the sense that in the Gettysburg Address he not only presented the Declaration of Independence in a new light, as a matter of founding law, but put its central proposition, equality, in a newly favored position as a principle of the Constitution.III. Although the Gettysburg Address is famous for being brief, it specifically mentioned slavery, the Union, the South, and the Emancipation Proclamation.IV. When Lincoln arrived in Gettysburg late in the day of November 18, he went to Gettysburg Keystone Hotel where he gave a formal, lengthy address that evening and later spent the night.V. Myths abound how Lincoln composed his speech, for example jotting his brief remarks on the back of an envelope or writing them on a piece of cardboard as the train. These mythical accounts are badly out of character for Lincoln, who composed his speeches thoughtfully.

Answer 1

Statements I, II and V are true while III and IV are false

Step-by-step explanation:

Statement I - It is indeed true that Lincoln understood that the margin for error must be built into planning and departed the day before the ceremony.

Statement II- It is true that the Gettysburg Address indeed put "equality" in a new favoured position. The first part of the Address states that the founding fathers conceived a new nation dedicated to the proposition all men are created equal

Statement III- This is false because there were no specific mention of slavery, the Union, the South and the Emancipation Proclamation in the brief address

Statement IV: This false especially from the untrue statement that the address given by Abraham Lincoln was Lengthy. Abraham Lincoln arrived a day before and the address is reputed for being brief

Statement V: This statement is true, there are still myths around the composition of the speech. Abraham Lincoln is, in fact, a skilled orator who composed excellent speeches in his lifetime which are still being studied