Read the passages.
Passage 1: The Gettysburg Address, by Abraham
Lincoln, November 19, 1863
Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought
forth upon 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. We are met on a great
battlefield of that war
Passage 2: Robert E. Lee, letter to his son, January
23, 1861
As an American citizen I take great pride in my
country, her prosperity, and her institutions, and would
defend any State if her rights were invaded. But I can
Which statement best synthesizes ideas from the two
texts?
Lincoln and Lee support the idea of the Union
seceding
● Lincoln and Lee believe in the principles on which
the nation was funded
Lincoln and Lee believe in the necessity of
revolution.
O Lincoln and Lee focus attention on the importance
of equality among men.