How Well Do You Know The Gettysburg Address?

In the address, Lincoln said something that is now ironic. What did he say? (Answer options are paraphrased.)

Retry Correct Incorrect During the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln says, “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.” He refers to the soldiers who died at Gettysburg and how history will never forget their sacrifice. He did not know that his speech would be quoted for centuries to come.

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In the address, Lincoln said something that is now ironic. What did he say? (Answer options are paraphrased.)

• “The world will not remember what we said here.”
• “Emancipation may not last long.”
• “I am the least significant United States president.”
• “The Civil War will continue for years.”