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AP U.S. History Exam 2.27. Which of the reasons for the overall Union victory in the Civil War is represented by Lincoln's speech?

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00:00

[ musical flourish ]

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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by Southern infrastructure,

00:07

the building blocks of country cookin'.

00:12

All right, first up, the excerpt.

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[ mumbles ]

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Okay, and now the question:

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Which of the reasons for the overall Union victory

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in the Civil War is represented by Lincoln's speech?

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And here are your potential answers.

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[ mumbles ]

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All right, well, in his speech, Lincoln affirmed

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"that government of the people by the people

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for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

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You go, Abe. Let's see which answer best describes

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how the North prevailed in its efforts to get the gang, uh,

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back together.

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Does the Gettysburg Address represent overall Union victory

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in the Civil War by mentioning B - control of important resources?

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Well, though, it's not alluded to in the speech, the Union

01:05

did have control of the manufacturing factories necessary

01:09

to win the war. So that's gonna get rid of B.

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Could the Gettysburg Address represent the Union victory

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by alluding to C -

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the destruction of the Southern infrastructure?

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Hmm. Well, sure, Lincoln may have been gloating a bit about

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the nation's new birth of freedom,

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but he certainly doesn't mention the devastation in the South

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following Sherman's March to the Sea.

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Does the Gettysburg Address mention the Union's victory via

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D - alliances with key European nations?

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Huh? Well the Civil War was fought

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primarily between American states and alliances with

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European nations weren't key to either side, so

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where on earth did that come from?

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So that means that Lincoln's speech represented the North's

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success as coming from A - key Union victories in individual battles.

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The tone of Lincoln's speech is a somber one,

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especially given the number of deaths that occurred at the Battle of Gettysburg,

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however that deadly battle was one of the key victories that helped

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the Union win the Civil War. So A is the correct answer.

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Both sides paid a huge price during the Civil War,

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and when they got together to settle the bill, it was pretty tough

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to reconstruct who had ordered what.

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[ buzzing ]

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