In the speech written in the Gettysburg Address Lincoln was defending civil rights. He was equally defending freedom and dedicated his speech to all the soldiers who lost their lives defending freedom and their beliefs. Lincoln also mentioned fundamental American rights, such as the United States being a country "by the people and for the people." His speech is one of the best known speeches in American history and marked one of the end points of the Civil War and the defeat of the Confederate Army by the Union Army.
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<span>A: The name of the law in which the government gave a 160-acre farm to anyone willing to work on and improve the land was the Homestead Act. </span>
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Explanation:
Large and small states fought over representation in Congress. Large states favored representation by population, while small states argued for equal representation by State.
The "Great Compromise" allowed for both by establishing the House of Representatives, which was apportioned by populations, and the Senate which represented the states equally.
