order to answer these questions.
1. Besides the fact that he was asked to make a "few appropriate remarks," why do you
think that President Lincoln limited himself to so few words? To what extent do you
think this has an effect?
2. How does Lincoln use the ideals of the Founding generation to support the continuation
of the Civil War?
3. According to President Lincoln, what obligations remained for Americans to fulfill?
4. How does Lincoln acknowledge the ultimate sacrifice of the soldiers who died on the
battlefield at Gettysburg?