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The Gettysburg Address

On this day 154 years ago, Abraham Lincoln gave one of the most famous speeches in American history: The Gettysburg Address.

It was given at a Civil War battle site being converted to a military cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Lincoln’s speech reminded the public of the meaning and purpose of the Civil War—that the founding fathers believed that “all men are created equal” and that slavery was contrary to those ideals and should be abolished. His words from that speech are carved into a wall of the Lincoln Memorial. For the citizenship test, there are 5 questions about the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and slavery.