Use the excerpt from the Gettysburg Address to answer the question.
Lincoln cites “unfinished work” in the address. How did he attempt to finish that work in the wake of these events?
A.
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free enslaved persons in states still in rebellion.
B.
He commanded Sherman to raze the South in retaliation for the deaths of so many Union soldiers.
C.
He put Grant in command of Union forces and charged him with pursuing and defeating Lee’s army.
D.
He proposed peace terms and a plan for Reconstruction to Davis and Lee to prevent further casualties.