PART A: Which statement best summarizes the central idea of the speech? A. The influence of the founders on our nation should be limited since the country has changed and endured so much since the Ame

PART A: Which statement best summarizes the central idea of the speech?

A. The influence of the founders on our nation should be limited since the country has changed and endured so much since the American Revolution.

B. The best way to honor the sacrifice of the dead Union soldiers is to continue fighting to preserve the nation and its values.

C. The Union soldiers who died in the Battle of Gettysburg were heroes because they guaranteed liberty for all Americans through their sacrifice.

D. Lincoln believes that the Union’s efforts in the Civil War have been courageous and inspiring, but will most likely not lead to victory.

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PART B: Which phrase from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

A. “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.” (Paragraph 1)

B. “We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field” (Paragraph 2)

C. “But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground.” (Paragraph 3)

D. “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.” (Paragraph 3)