give three points stating the importance of his historic Gettysburg address of Abraham Lincoln
Answers
Answered by
6
Answer:
- Lincoln Giving Gettysburg Address. Lincoln delivered one of the most famous speeches in United States history at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on November 19, 1863. The victory of U.S. forces, which turned back a Confederate invasion, marked a turning point in the Civil War.
- Lincoln advocates the words of the Declaration of Independence; and, Lincoln accentuated the Civil War as not just a fight to preserve the Union, but to bring equality to “all” of its citizens: “… conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
- During his time in office, he oversaw the American Civil War, abolished slavery and fundamentally changed the role of the federal government in American life and politics.
Similar questions