According to the passage, what was abraham lincoln's chief purpose of the address? a) celebrate the union's crushing victory of the confederates b) announce lincoln's plans to emancipate southern slaves c) explain the higher purpose of the civil war d) comfort union troops on their way south

The correct answer is C) explain the higher purpose of the civil war.

According to the passage, Abraham Lincoln's chief purpose of the address was to explain the higher purpose of the civil war.

The excerpt of the passage is from The Gettysburg Address, of Abraham Lincoln. The Gettysburg Address is one of the most famous speeches of Abraham Lincoln. This speech was delivered at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on November 19, 1863.

The passage is:

"The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. 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 -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"

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during the debate over his landmark energy policy proposal, president jimmy carter failed to consult one of the most powerful senators, louisiana’s russell long, who would have a big say over whether the legislation moved through the upper chamber. this was classic carter. with a strong distaste for congressional politics, the president simply refused to do what most other presidents would consider routine, such as courting key senators. long became so irate with the president that when he was finally invited to a white house dinner, he stood up to ask a question and, before doing so, proceeded to sarcastically introduce himself: “i’m russell long, chairman of the senate finance committee.”

this interaction is a revealing moment in stuart e. eizenstat’s fascinating new history of carter’s presidency. the former peanut farmer from georgia was a president who, according to conventional wisdom, didn’t care much for party politics; nonetheless, in eizenstat’s view, carter’s legacy on domestic and foreign policy has been vastly underappreciated. the author paints carter as a “bold and determined” leader who bravely attacked the challenges of his time. eizenstat goes so far as to argue that carter might very well be the most successful one-term president in american history.