Abraham Lincoln's MAIN purpose of the address was to explain the higher purpose of the Civil War. The passage emphasizes dedication to the unfinished work and honoring the sacrifices of those who fought, suggesting a focus on the principles of liberty and a renewed commitment to the nation’s ideals rather than purely celebrating military victory or making specific announcements.
"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...."
- excerpt from The Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln
According to the passage, what was Abraham Lincoln's MAIN purpose of the address?
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Celebrate the Union’s crushing victory of the Confederates
Explain the higher purpose of the Civil War
Announce Lincoln’s plans to emancipate southern slaves
Comfort Union troops on their way south
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