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ecterpt 1: Gettysburg Address (Abraham Lincoln, 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. 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. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work … 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.”Excerpt 2: Letter from Birmingham Jail (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1963)“You may well ask: ‘Why direct action? Why sit-ins, marches and so forth? Isn’t negotiation a better path?’ You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. I have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth. My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure. This ‘Wait!’ has almost always meant ‘Never.’ We must come to see… that ‘justice too long delayed is justice denied.’”QuestionHow do the purposes of Lincoln’s and King’s texts differ?(1 point)ResponsesLincoln seeks to inspire a return to peaceful times, while King encourages support for ending the Civil War.Lincoln seeks to inspire a return to peaceful times, while King encourages support for ending the Civil War.Lincoln honors fallen soldiers to promote national unity, while King uses emotional and logical appeals to call for immediate civil rights action.Lincoln honors fallen soldiers to promote national unity, while King uses emotional and logical appeals to call for immediate civil rights action.Both authors focus on government reforms and urge citizens to vote for change in leadership.Both authors focus on government reforms and urge citizens to vote for change in leadership.Both authors defend the use of war as a necessary method for achieving freedom.

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Lincoln honors fallen soldiers to promote national unity, while King uses emotional and logical appeals to call for immediate civil rights action.