According to lincoln, why did the union soldiers at the battle of gettysburg give their lives?

Why did settlers decide to establish olympia where they did? they thought the land was good for farming. they could trade with american indians. they found water access to puget sound. they were given land by the us government.

How did thomas paine's pamphlet common sense convince reluctant americans to abandon the goal of reconciliation with britain and accept that separation from britain — independence — was the only option for preserving their liberty?

By the late 1930s, how were u. s. officials beginning to view japanese policies of expansion? a. they attempted to join forces with japan so as to increase u. s. territory. b. they warned them to stop expansionist actions or face potential u. s. intervention. c. they sent representatives to japan to work out territorial rights in a diplomatic fashion. d. they became fearful of their military power