Gettysburg address delivered at Gettysburg Pa. Nov. 19th, 1863. [n. p. n. d.].
Gettysburg Address
Delivered at Gettysburg, Pa.
Nov. 19th 1863.
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on 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 that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. “But in a larger sense 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. 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. 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, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
Question
Use the passages to answer the question.
LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL
Credit Line: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” April 16, 1963. The Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Which lines from King’s letter best reflect Lincoln’s concern when he says, “...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”? Select the two correct answers.
(1 point)
Responses
“I have no despair about the future...because the goal of America is freedom.”
“I have no despair about the future...because the goal of America is freedom.”
“But I must confess that I am not afraid of the word ‘tension.’"
“But I must confess that I am not afraid of the word ‘tension.’"
“...I would like to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.”
“...I would like to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.”
“...and still fewer have the vision to see that injustice must be rooted out by strong, persistent, and determined action.”
“...and still fewer have the vision to see that injustice must be rooted out by strong, persistent, and determined action.”
“...when these disinherited children of God sat down at lunch counters they were in reality standing up for the best in the American dream…”
1 answer
The two lines from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" that best reflect Abraham Lincoln's concern when he mentions “...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth” are:
“I have no despair about the future...because the goal of America is freedom.”
“...when these disinherited children of God sat down at lunch counters they were in reality standing up for the best in the American dream…”
These selections relate to the themes of freedom and equality that both leaders emphasized, highlighting the ongoing struggle to achieve the principles of liberty and justice for all.
