(A) Remembering and respecting the Confederate dead
(B) ** Honoring Union dead and their sacrifice in order to inspire the public to support the war effort
(C) The pointlessness of historical memories
(D) Reimagining future national purposes
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -Through this, he aims to inspire the audience to not allow their sacrifice to go in vain and to take part in this battle and make their death worth it by recognizing their effort. Thus, option B is the correct answer.
Concept note-2: -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.
Concept note-3: -We often associate the Civil War with the end of slavery-and for good reason. But Lincoln’s primary goal in going to war was to save the Union, slavery or not. The Emancipation Proclamation changed the equation. The Civil War began on April 12, 1861.