PLEASE HELP. Which of the Union's goals during the Civil War are most clearly illustrated by
this passage from the Gettysburg Address?
We are met on a great battle-field. ... We have come to
dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for
those who here gave their lives that ſour] nation might live.
A. Ending the war through diplomacy instead of fighting
B. Punishing the South for its attacks on Union troops
C. Creating a new country that outlawed slavery
O D. Preventing the South from leaving the United States