What was the president’s specific purpose for writing the gettysburg address?
to remind people that all men are created equal, as was stated in the declaration of independence
to strengthen the union’s resolve to continue fighting for its cause
to express grief that so many union soldiers were lost in battle
to avenge the deaths of the soldiers who gave their lives on the battlefield

Which quotation best expresses a major theme of this speech? "i saw my evil day at hand. the sun rose dim on us in theo morning, and at night is sunk in a dark cloud, and looked likea ball of fire.""i am much grieved, for i expected, if i did not defeat you, too hold out much longer, and give you more trouble before ! surrendered."m"we went to our great father. we were encouraged. hiso great council gave us fair words and big promises, but wegot no satisfaction.".**we told them to let us alone; but they followed on andbeset our paths, and they coiled themselves among us likethe snake."