Study Sync GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
Using textual evidence, describe what Lincoln felt the nation should do to prevent the fallen soldiers from having "died in vain"?
Lincoln didnt want the people who died for their nation to be disrespected and he felt they should devote their time to honor them, i know this because in paragraph 4 it says "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 last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain."
In this clip, Alicia argues that she believes Lincoln uses the moment to his advantage. Evaluate the soundness of Alicia's reasoning, as well as the motives behind Lincoln's speech and whether the evidence Alicia cites is sufficient to support her claim.
Lincoln ends the Gettysburg Address by saying that it important that those who died in the battle "shall not have died in vain" and that the government "of the people by the people for the people" shall continue, so Alicia has a point Lincoln may have used the moment to encorage other to keep fight and make sure they honor those who died so they didnt die in vain.
Lincoln said that "in a larger sense," he and the others gathered at Gettysburg "cannot" do something. What was it that they could not do, and why not, according to Lincoln? What did he say they should do instead? Cite textual evidence to support your answer.
Lincoln said they cannot consecrate the ground for the men who died there already have, i know this because in paraghraph 3 it says " 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."
Write two or three sentences exploring why Lincoln was giving the Gettysburg address. Cite textual evidence to support your answer
The reason Lincoln was giving the Gettysburg Address was beacuse they were dedicating a portion of the battlefield for a cemetery, i know this because in paragraph 2 sentence 2 it states "We are met on a great battlefield of that war. we have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lifes that that nation might live.
