Question

. . . government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. This statement was first made in which of the following?

• A. The Preamble to the Constitution
• B. The Declaration of Independence
• C. The Magna Carta
• D. The Fifteenth Amendment
• E. The Gettysburg Address

Answer 1

The correct option is E The Gettysburg Address

The mentioned statement was first made in the Gettysburg Address. It was made by Abraham Lincoln in the final sentence of the Gettysburg Address. In the context of the Civil War, Lincoln also memorialized the sacrifices of those who gave their lives at Gettysburg and extolled virtues for the listeners and the nation to ensure the survival of America's representative democracy that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.