Primary Source - Evaluating the Gettysburg Address
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Primary Source - Evaluating the Gettysburg Address
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- SETTING
- Abraham LincolnGettysburg, PA Battlefield DedicationThe Gettysburg AddressNovember 19, 1863
- MAIN IDEA
- The Gettysburg Address aimed to discuss how the entire nation was affected by war. Lincoln believed deeply in equality for all Americans.
- EVIDENCE
- “…conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal...”
- Lincoln challenged people to think about equality in new ways.
- PERSPECTIVE
- The Declaration of Independence
- Lincoln redirected the nation to think about the ideas of equality as they relate to the Declaration of Independence. He never used the words "slavery", "union", or "confederacy".
- AUDIENCE
- Lincoln intended his audience to be the entire nation.
- SIGNIFICANCE
- Lincoln chose to recognize the sacrifices by both sides of the war. In doing so, he could voice his opinions about equality in a way that would be accepted by both the North and South.
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