(A) ** Now we are fighting a war between the states
(B) Now we are planning a war
(C) No we are politely debating
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -That is the idea Lincoln refers to in this section of the speech: The Civil War was testing whether the United States, which was founded on liberty and equality, could survive.
Concept note-2: -The speech reflected his redefined belief that the Civil War was not just a fight to save the Union, but a struggle for freedom and equality for all, an idea Lincoln had not championed in the years leading up to the war.
Concept note-3: -Lincoln Giving Gettysburg Address The Battle of Gettysburg was fought between July 1 and July 3, 1863. It was one of the bloodiest battles of the United States Civil War, with over 51, 000 casualties-soldiers killed, injured, or otherwise lost to action-combined.
Concept note-4: -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.