Question

What response does Lincoln hope to elicit from his listeners with these words from his Gettysburg Address? 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. A. Lincoln hopes to gain support to continue fighting the Civil War. B. Lincoln is trying to gain support to provide gravestones for the soldiers who died at Gettysburg. C. Lincoln is trying to impress his listeners so they will vote for him next term.​

Answer 1

On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered remarks, which later became known as the Gettysburg Address, at the official dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, on the site of one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the Civil War. Though he was not the featured orator that day, Lincoln’s brief address would be remembered as one of the most important speeches in American history. In it, he invoked the principles of human equality contained in the Declaration of Independence and connected the sacrifices of the Civil War with the desire for “a new birth of freedom,” as well as the all-important preservation of the Union created in 1776 and its ideal of self-government.