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Quiz about The Address by Abe Lincoln
Quiz about The Address by Abe Lincoln

The "Address" by Abe Lincoln Trivia Quiz

The Gettysburg Address

On November 19, 1863, President Lincoln was invited to give some brief remarks at Gettysburg. His precious few words are forever inscribed on a wall in his memorial in Washington, DC. This quiz will test your memory of the Gettysburg Address.

by ncterp. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
ncterp
Time
4 mins
Type
Quiz #
412,630
Updated
May 12 23
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Easy
Avg Score
10 / 10
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545
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Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 107 (10/10), Guest 168 (10/10), Guest 174 (10/10).
"Four score and years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in , 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 . We are met on a great battle-field of that war. 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. It is all together fitting and proper that we should do this.
"But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate - we can not consecrate - we can not - this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have 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. , rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work for which they who fought here have thus far . It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the ."
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
Answer:

Lincoln, along with an audience of about 15,000, had to endure a two-hour speech by Edward Everett, one of the country's leading orators. Everett later wrote to Lincoln, "I wish that I could flatter myself that I had come as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes".

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address has a special place in American history. It is remarkable in its brief and simplistic lines. He never once expressed triumphant fervor at the Union's victory. He never even mentioned the Union or the Confederacy. He was passionate about ONE nation. His use of the words "dedicate (or a derivative thereof)", devotion, and nation are almost religious in their context.

Some scholars believe the president just jotted down a few notes while on the train from Washington. Others believe Lincoln recognized an opportunity to once again bring the country together and therefore chose his remarks carefully. What does it matter.
Source: Author ncterp

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