"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." A "score" is twenty. Calculate the number of years in "four score and seven." Then go back from 1863. What year is Lincoln referring to?

Question 1 options:

1607

1776

1787

1812

Question 2 (1 point)
Judging by the year he referred to in Question 1, which document did Abraham Lincoln believe provided the foundation for the nation?

Question 2 options:

the Declaration of Independence

the Articles of Confederation

the Constitution

the Bill of Rights

Question 3 (1 point)
According to his speech, what foundational idea did Lincoln believe the United States was built upon?

Question 3 options:

All nations are conceived in liberty.

All people are equal.

New nations demand new values

Nations must adhere to the values of their founding fathers.

Question 4 (1 point)
"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."

What does Lincoln say is the challenge of the Civil War?

Question 4 options:

whether people are dedicated

whether the nation will last

whether the battlefield at Gettysburg was great

whether anyone can win

Question 5 (1 point)
"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."

What does Lincoln feel is the purpose of having this cemetery serve as a final resting place?

Question 5 options:

to create a beautiful place

to preserve a portion of the battlefield

to shame the Confederacy

to recognize those who died to preserve the nation

Question 6 (1 point)
"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. 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."

Why does Lincoln say that "we cannot dedicate…we cannot consecrate…we cannot hallow this ground," when that is the supposed purpose of the event?

Question 6 options:

because those things had already been done by soldiers who fought at Gettysburg

because not enough people attended the event to do this

because the soldiers were from both sides

because only God could do it

Question 7 (1 point)
"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. 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."

What does Lincoln think will be remembered and what will be forgotten about the cemetery dedication?

Question 7 options:

The words of those who died will be the ones remembered.

The sacrifices of those who fought will be remembered, but the words will not.

The words will carry the nation forward and will be remembered.

The people who fought at Gettysburg will be forgotten, but the words will not

Question 8 (1 point)
"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. 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."

Based on this excerpt, what is Lincoln's hope for the nation?

Question 8 options:

that the nation and its government will last

that more people will not perish in war

that the surviving people of the United States should remain dedicated to winning the war

that everyone will remain dedicated to honoring the dead