Question

Remember that in the first sentence of his speech, Lincoln says that the United States is a country based on freedom and equality. In the next sentence, Lincoln tells his audience what the Civil War is about. Read the sentence. Then complete the text below.



Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.



engaged: fighting

so conceived: created for the reason just mentioned (to gain freedom)

so dedicated: based on the idea just mentioned (equality)

endure: survive



Question 1
Based on the passage, complete the text.
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Lincoln and many other Americans thought that the United States was an example to the world because its citizens were Response area. So, they saw the Civil War as a test of whether a country like that could Response area.

Answer 1

Lincoln and many other Americans thought that the United States was an example to the world because its citizens were **free and equal**. So, they saw the Civil War as a test of whether a country like that could **survive**.