The Gettysburg Address: The Gettysburg Address, List 1

At just 272 words long, Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" is widely considered to be one of the most powerful battlefield orations of all time. On November 19, 1863, Lincoln delivered the speech on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, considered to be a turning point in the Civil War.

This list covers vocabulary from the beginning of the speech to "...far above our poor power to add or detract."

Here are links to our lists for this speech: List 1, List 2