Scarlett

History

2 May, 03:30

This section of the address, Lincoln talks about the work that the Union still needs to accomplish.

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.

What did the fighting at Gettysburg accomplish, in Lincoln's view?

a. It accomplished very little.

b. It won the war for the Union.

c. It brought the Union closer to victory.