Why do you think the gettysburg address was so important? how do you think it affected the country?

lincoln presided over the union victory in the american civil war, which dominated his presidency. a former whig, lincoln ran on a political platform opposed to the expansion of slavery in the territories. his election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the american civil war.

b toward the volcano.landward. the landward side of something is the side nearest to the land or facing the land, rather than the sea.