The Gettysburg Address / Abraham Lincoln

Test Practice

Identify Cause and Effect

With your partner, discuss how to answer these questions about the selection.

1. According to Lincoln, why is it “fitting and proper” to dedicate the cemetery on the Gettysburg battlefield?
a. to make the world remember what the soldiers did
b. because the soldiers died to save the nation
c. because Gettysburg was where the last battle of the war was fought
d. to show that all men are created equal


What is the answer to the question above? How did the information you gathered while reading help you eliminate incorrect answers?

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