4. The Gettysburg Address
"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to t
testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of t
those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a large
The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world w
did here. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so na
before us-that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure on
that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people s
Which of the following is the best summary of the line in bold? (5 points)
The battle fought at this particular location was unimportant.
Patriotic citizens have the right to rebel against government.
War is pointless and should be used only as a last resort.
Our purpose is to see this war through and to win it for justice.