Question

in his conclusion, lincoln tries to explain once again why the civil war is important to the nation and what the union is fighting to protect. in lincolns view, what result would mean that the dead at gettysburg did not die in vain? the civil war ending with no winner a union victory in the civil war peace, but with a confederate victory done

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, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. in this reading: resolve means declare with determination in vain means for nothing perish means disappear

Explanation:

Lincoln believed the Union was fighting for a new birth of freedom and that the nation - under God - should continue. A Confederate victory would mean the dead at Gettysburg died in vain as it would not lead to the Union's goals of a nation 'of the people, by the people, for the people' not perishing. So a Union victory is what would make their deaths not in vain.

Answer:

a Union victory in the Civil War