Read this passage. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task
remaining before us that from these honored dead we
take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave
the last full measure of devotion that we here highly
resolve 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, Gettysburg Address, 1863
Why does Lincoln use the phrase "a new birth in this passage?
O A. To provide evidence that the United States will continue to grow
OB. To give sympathy to the people who lost loved ones in the war
O C. To establish his credibility as the father of the United States
OD. To inspire the audience to feel a sense of hope about the future
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