EOC Bell Ringer Week 4, Day 1

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Gettysburg Address President Abraham Lincoln Fourscore 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. We have come to dedicate a portion of it, as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation might live.

In context of the speech, why does Lincoln begin with a reference to the nation's founding?

A. to honor the nation's founders

B. to condemn the South for seceding

C. to express doubt about preserving the nation

D. to emphasize the significance of the Civil War

Gettysburg Address President Abraham Lincoln Fourscore 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. We have come to dedicate a portion of it, as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation might live.

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the speech?

A. to minimize the severity of the war

B. to applaud America's accomplishments

C. to express reverence for the lost soldiers

D. to argue for the reasons behind the war

Gettysburg Address President Abraham Lincoln Fourscore 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. We have come to dedicate a portion of it, as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation might live.

Which of the following best describes the mood of the speech?

A. sacred

B. sensitive

C. forlorn

D. solemn

Gettysburg Address
                                                    President Abraham Lincoln
Fourscore 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. We have come to dedicate a portion of it, as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation might live.

In context of the speech, why does Lincoln begin with a reference to the nation's founding?

A. to honor the nation's founders

B. to condemn the South for seceding

C. to express doubt about preserving the nation

D. to emphasize the significance of the Civil War

Gettysburg Address
                                                    President Abraham Lincoln
Fourscore 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. We have come to dedicate a portion of it, as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation might live.

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the speech?

A. to minimize the severity of the war

B. to applaud America's accomplishments

C. to express reverence for the lost soldiers

D. to argue for the reasons behind the war

Gettysburg Address
                                                    President Abraham Lincoln
Fourscore 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. We have come to dedicate a portion of it, as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation might live.

Which of the following best describes the mood of the speech?

A. sacred

B. sensitive

C. forlorn

D. solemn