Question

Match the actual words in the Gettysburg Address with Lincoln's ideas.

Question 29 options:


Referred to American Revolution (1776)



The reason for the ceremony



Reaffirmed the idea of government by consent of the people



The dead inspire the living.



The Civil War was a test of democracy.



Upheld the idea (expressed in the Declaration of Independence) of liberty and equality for ALL


1.

"Four score and seven years ago our father brought forth on this continent, a new nation..."


2.

"...conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to proposition that all men are created equal."


3.

"Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure."


4.

"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."


5.

"...that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion..."


6.

"...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people..."

Answer 1

The Correct answers are listed below!

"Four score and seven years ago our father brought forth on this continent, a new nation..."

→ Referred to American Revolution (1776)

"...conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to proposition that all men are created equal."

→ Upheld the idea (expressed in the Declaration of Independence) of liberty and equality for ALL

"Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure."

→ The Civil War was a test of democracy

"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."

→ The reason for the ceremony

"...that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion..."

→ The dead inspire the living

"...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people..."

→ Reaffirmed the idea of government be consent of the people

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

"Four score and seven years ago our father brought forth on this continent, a new nation..."

- Referred to American Revolution (1776)

"...conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to proposition that all men are created equal."

"Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure."

- The Civil War was a test of democracy.

"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."

-The reason for the ceremony

"...that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion..."

- The dead inspire the living.

"...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people..."

- Reaffirmed the idea of government by consent of the people