what was Abraham Lincoln's speech called?

Answer 1

The Gettysburg Address

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
November 19, 1863

"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. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

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 to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

Answer 2

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

Try this link to the Library of Congress. You can read the speech there and also see a couple or so of photographs taken at the time the speech was given by President Abraham Lincoln USA.

The Gettysburg Address (Library of Congress Exhibition)
Library of Congress site devoted to Lincoln's famous speech given on November 19, 1863. Features photograph from the event, early drafts of the speech, and more.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd

Answer 3

The Gettysburg Address

Answer 4

Abraham Lincoln made a few speeches,
Lyceum Address, 1838
An early speech which reveals Lincoln's attitude toward government.

Temperance Address, 1842
Lincoln angers his listeners by advocating persuasion and reason.

Eulogy on Henry Clay, 1852
Lincoln praises his "beau ideal of a statesman" on his death.

House Divided Speech, 1858
The landmark speech which kicked off Lincoln's campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858
Visit the Claremont Institute Web site library page for all seven debates.

Second Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions, 1859
Lincoln the patent holder goes on the lecture circuit.

Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, 1859
Lincoln goes to the fair, slipping in a word for free labor and education.

Cooper Union Address, 1860
The brilliant effort expressing the intentions of the signers of the Constitution.

Farewell Address, 1861
A touching good-bye message to his hometown friends.

Addresses to the New Jersey Senate/General Assembly, 1861
Impromptu messages delivered on Lincoln's inaugural journey.

Address in Independence Hall, 1861
An inaugural journey speech which refers to the Declaration of Independence.

First Inaugural Address, 1861
Lincoln pleads with his "dissatisfied fellow countrymen" to avoid war.

Response to a Serenade, 1863
Impromptu remarks which resembled Lincoln's later effort at Gettysburg.

The Gettysburg Address, 1863
The classic speech demonstrating mastery of thought and expression.

Speeches to Ohio Regiments, 1864
Words of thanks to soldiers returning from the war.

Second Inaugural Address, 1865
Reveals Lincoln's deep political and theological understanding.

Last Public Address, 1865
The speech which prompted John Wilkes Booth to murder.

You were probably thinking about the Gettysburg address which is probably his most famous speech.

Answer 5

Gettysburg Address

Answer 6

The man was a fountain of speeches. Which one? The Gettysburg Address? The first or second inaugural speech? First Inauguration is famous for "House Divided cannot stand" imagery. You should be more specific about what you're looking for. Good luck, though.

Maybe you meant The Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 7

"Fourscore 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. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."

Answer 8

Gettysburg Address

Answer 9

Gettysburg Address

Answer 10

Gettysburg Address, or the Emancipation Proclamation. Either one is an important speech in US history, regarding the Civil War and the liberty of the slaves, border states, Southern Succession, and the State of the Union.