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What was the purpose of the Gettysburg address?

A. to encourage union soldiers to continue fighting for freedom.
B. to give freedom to slaves living in southern states.
C. to condemn the south for its actions during the civil war.
D. to ask for more executive power to end the fighting.

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A would be best answer, it's purpose was to remember the soldiers lost and what they were fighting for.
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The Gettysburg address was a speech given by Abraham Lincoln to commemorate the Union soldier died in Gettysburg and to redefine the Civil War something that holds the Union to perish from the Earth. Therefore, the soldiers must fight for the sake of this justification. The correct answer is A.

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