Which Union goal during the Civil War is best reflected in this passage from the Gettysburg Address?
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.
A. Making sure that the United States did not break apart
B. Abolishing slavery throughout the United States
C. Ending the war through diplomacy instead of fighting
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D. Punishing the South for seceding from the union