The Gettysburg Address

1. The Gettysburg Address By: Abraham Lincoln

2. 1809 - Abraham Lincoln was born in a log Cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky 1817- Abraham Lincoln and his family moved by wagon across the Ohio River into Indiana 1818- Nancy Lincoln, Abraham’s mother, died from “milk sickness” 1828- At age 19, in New Orleans Lincoln saw for the first time slaves being sold in the marketplace. 1836- Lincoln became a lawyer. He practiced law in Springfield, Il. 1842- He marries Mary Todd when Lincoln was 33 years old 1858- Lincoln debated Stephen Douglas in seven cities on the issue of slavery 1860- Lincoln decides to run for president 1861- Lincoln took oath of office to become president. The Civil War began in April, 1861 1863- a ceremony was held to dedicate a cemetery on the Gettysburg battlefield. Lincoln made a famous speech know as the “Gettysburg Address” 1865- Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford’s theater Bibliography

3. Main Points Our founding fathers brought forth a new nation “conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal” 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.

4. Main Points cont’d • We cannot consecrate this field. The soldiers have already done so. “But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.”

5. Main Points • The Union is worth fighting for The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. 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.

6. Questions • Why couldn’t Lincoln consecrate the ground? • What responsibility does Lincoln give us as the readers?