Gettysburg Address Comprehension 1. According to Lincoln, what did "our fathers" create eighty-seven years ago?

2. According to Lincoln, the Civil War is a test of what idea?

3. Why have the speaker and the audience met on the battlefield at Gettysburg?

4. According to Lincoln, why are they unable to "dedicate," "consecrate," or "hallow" the battlefield?

5. At the end of the speech, how does Lincoln characterize the American system of government?

6. What does Lincoln expect the living attending the dedication at Gettysburg to do?

He mentions the past and the struggles that the Founding Fathers had to create a united nation, and they have to re-establish the unity by honoring the dead and continue prospering as America as a whole.

The civil war, according to Lincoln, was a test of whether that nation or any nation can endure or withstand or survive.

The speaker and the audience met on the battlefield at Gettysburg to remember the fallen soldiers. They were unable to “dedicate”, “consecrate” and “hallow”, to make sacred and holy, and to bless the land.

To consecrate means to declare something holy and hallow is its synonym. Lincoln is saying that the ground cannot be declared holy, because The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.

At the end of the speech, how does Lincoln characterize the American system of government? The government for the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. What does Mrs?

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.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)