Read the passage below. Underline words and phrases that you feel are important to
understanding the document. In the spaces provided, explain how your selections help you
understand the meaning and purpose of each paragraph.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or
any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met
on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of
that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that
that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should
do this.