In his opening lines, Lincoln claims which of
the following about the founding of the United
States of America?
The USA was founded as a new nation due to
available land.
The USA was founded on the idea that all men
are equal.
The USA was a generous gift from our fathers.
The USA must be a continent of welcome and inclusion.
Question 5 of 20
DIRECTIONS: Read the following speech and
answer the associated questions.
THE GETTSBURG ADDRESS
By: Abraham Lincoln 1863
Four score 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.
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 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 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