Click to read the Gettysburg Address, by Abraham Lincoln. Then answer the question.Which passage from the Gettysburg Address best supports the central idea that freedom is worth the struggle?A.But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecratewe cannot hallowthis ground.B.Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nationC.We are met on a great battle-field of that war.D.that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Abraham Lincoln suggests that the fight for freedom will be remembered by future generations and is worth the sacrifice. Which passage from his Gettysburg Address best supports Lincoln's central idea?A.Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation . . .B.. . . that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.C.The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.D.Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived . . .SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read this passage:Fourscore 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.Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, 1863In the Gettysburg Address, how does Lincoln emphasize that the United States was founded on the principle of freedom for all people?A.He reminds us that the Declaration of Independence was written "fourscore and seven years ago."B.He praises the Founding Fathers' greatness and encourages the soldiers to continue fighting.C.He asks the South to consider his proposition and end slavery.D.He quotes the phrase "all men are created equal" from the Declaration of Independence.

Both Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. believe that freedom is valuable. Which pair of phrases from their speeches demonstrates this central argument?A.Lincoln: . . . this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom . . .King: I still believe that We Shall overcome!B.Lincoln: . . . have come to dedicate a portion of that field . . .King: When our days become dreary . . .C.Lincoln: Now we are engaged . . .King: . . . blood-flowing streets of our nations . . .D.Lincoln: . . . testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived . . .King: . . . in increasing numbers create alliances . . .SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which sentence from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address best shows the spiritual tone of his speech?A.It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do thisB.But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate we cannot hallow this ground.C.Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nationD.It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us

Which excerpt from President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address best reflects the Union goal of keeping the South in the union?A.It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.B.We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that [our] nation might live.C.Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty.D.Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.