Question

Read this excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and then answer the question that follows:

Answer 1

(1) Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the 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. We are met on a great battlefield of that war.

(2) We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. 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.

Pay close attention to the word choice in this speech. What can you tell about the speaker's point of view?

He is angry about the events of the war.
He wants others to join the fight later.
He plans to take things further soon.
He wants to show respect to the soldiers.

Answer 2

@NeonStrawsForever

Answer 3

Any ideas?

Answer 4

My guess would be D

Answer 5

Correct! ^_^

Answer 6

Sweet!

Answer 7

What is sweet? Are you eating candy?

Answer 8

What is the main purpose of this speech?
To enrage the crowd
To make new demands
To provide a change
To show respect

*same passage*

Answer 9

lol i'm getting answers, thats what sweet!

Answer 10

Oh I forgot that it is a common saying. Sorry. ^_^;)

Answer 11

Any ideas?

Answer 12

C or D, but leaning towards D

Answer 13

Provide a change for what?

Answer 14

provide change for the future, I think it's D though

Answer 15

" We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live"

Answer 16

So you're right. It's D. ^_^

Answer 17

Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation:

What does President Lincoln clearly state by the line in bold?
There have been few examples of positive progress.
There have been many examples of historical change.
Years ago, a terrible thing happened on this very spot.
Years ago, the founding fathers created the United States.

Answer 18

Oh. I forgot. Please post questions separately. ^_^

Answer 19

Alright