USA HISTORY

) Which of the following quotations from section 1 supports this meaning of the word in question 1a? 1A) In section 1 of the address, what does the word “proposition” mean?

(A) “Four score and seven years ago”

(B) ** “all men are created equal”

(C) “our fathers brought forth on this continent”

(D) None of the above.

Concept note-1: -"Proposition” means a “statement of an opinion".

Concept note-2: -“Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.

Concept note-3: -Gettysburg had been the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Although exceedingly brief, the Gettysburg Address is remembered as one of America’s greatest political speeches. In its immediate context, the Gettysburg Address was meant to help dedicate the Cemetery at Gettysburg.