Which of the following best summarizes President Lincoln's meaning in this last sentence of his Gettysburg

Question

Address?
That we here highly resolve [decide] 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.
-Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address
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1 Presidents should decide important issues, including the debates over slavery.
2 Americans should honor the sacrifice of soldiers by continuing democratic government.
3 Government of the people, by the people, and for the people is no longer important.
4 Soldiers must be given more power in the government because of their actions in the war

Answer 1

The best summary of President Lincoln's meaning in that last sentence of his Gettysburg Address is:

2 Americans should honor the sacrifice of soldiers by continuing democratic government.

This captures Lincoln's intent to emphasize the importance of preserving democracy in memory of those who died in the Civil War.