Question

turning points of the war
guided practice
primary source
abraham lincolns gettysburg address
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.
now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that
nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long
endure....
but, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate-we can not consecrate
-we can not hallow-this ground. the brave men, living and dead,
who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power
after the battle of gettysburg, president lincoln gave this brief speech on
november 19, 1863-one of the most eloquent and moving speeches in
american history. according to lincoln, what was being tested by the civil
war?
a. that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom
b. whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated,
can long endure
c. far above our poor power to add or detract
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Explanation:

The Gettysburg Address explicitly states the Civil War was testing if a nation "conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal" could long endure. This matches option B directly.

Answer:

B. whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure