The Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln was asked to speak during the dedication ceremony of the Gettysburg National Cemetery in Pennsylvania‚ on November 19‚ 1863. This was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Edward Everett was the featured speaker at the event and spoke for two hours. Abraham Lincoln was there to give closing comments. His speech was only 272 words long and he only spoke for about two minutes. Even though his speech was so short‚ the Gettysburg Address became
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Lincoln’s speech‚ and the conflict about women’s and African American rights. During the time of the civil war Abraham Lincoln‚ our sixteenth president‚ gave his speech‚ Gettysburg Address. “Now we are engaged in a civil war‚ testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated‚ can long endure‚” (Gettysburg Address‚ paragraph 2) In the quote he lets his people know that
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The Gettysburg address was a speech given by president Abraham Lincoln and the main purpose of the speech was to dedicate a cemetery for the brave men who died at the battle of Gettysburg. President Lincoln was also encouraging the men and women to be dedicated citizens of America. When I was listening to the speech it was hard for me to understand some words President Lincoln used. The language President Lincoln used was meant for his time not the current time. For example when President Lincoln
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The Battle of Gettysburg was a horrendous tragedy that took the lives of 51‚000 union and confederate soldiers. Sensing that the battle marked a turning point in the Civil War‚ President Abraham Lincoln decided to address the nation at the battlefield. He gave a speech titled "The Gettysburg Address" in which he used compelling ethical and emotional appeals to successfully inspire the citizens of the union to continue fighting the civil war. The President uses terms such as "hallow" and "consecrate”
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In the Gettysburg Address‚ Lincoln states that we are a “government of the people‚ by the people‚ and for the people”‚ a government run by normal‚ everyday citizens‚ elected into office to represent the wants and needs of Americans. We‚ as a nation‚ were raised to help our fellow man‚ and to keep what is truly just in our minds and hearts. In this day and age‚ that former statement seems to become less and less true. The past three presidents have been something akin to a lawyer‚ a senator‚ or
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“Four score and seven years ago…” that is the start of Abraham Lincoln’s most famous speech “The Gettysburg Address.” Abe Lincoln was a benevolent man and he did marvelous things for our country as a whole. He was the 16th president of the United States. He also freed the slaves‚ and ended the Civil War. At the end of his term he was assassinated‚ but I’m sure you already know all this‚ so let’s talk about some stuff you might not know about Abraham Lincoln. Abe Lincoln did many things than win
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truly cared about slaves and one of the most renowned of those people was President Abraham Lincoln. Proof of his dedication to seeing a free America is in his famous Gettysburg Address. “The nation shall have a new birth of freedom‚ and that government of the people by the people for the people”. This is the last sentence of the address and it is without confusion or play on words it has a very clear meaning. The first sentence “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth‚ upon this continent
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Abraham Lincoln’s star shined when his administration took place during the Civil War proving excellency in both politically and rhetorically. From that war the 16th president got his most famous nick name as the Great Emancipator that dwells between Americans till the present day. However‚ history doesn’t say quit the same about the complete representation of Abraham Lincoln’s attitude towards the war and even the issue of slavery. Such a title proposes an acceptance that the civil war was a war
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In a world where cultures differ and ideas are seldom the same‚ disagreements are recurrent among the people living in them. In the mid-1800’s America was in the middle of a dispute that changed the history books forever. The Civil War. This was a war that tore America apart. The South was agricultural driven and formed the Confederate states of America. The North remained loyal and stayed under the Union. Consequently this was one of America’s lowest points in history. The article‚ Death and Dying
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What was the real message Abraham Lincoln was saying in his famous Gettysburg Address? His message was that everyone is equal. During the Civil War‚ almost everyone living in our country was affected. Lincoln also practiced his speech by including everyone‚ who died in the devastating war. We still practice that important message today in America. When the war between our nations began‚ everyone was affected in one way or the other. It didn’t matter if you were rich or poor you would be affected
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