AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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87 years ago our ancestors created a new country in America
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7 years ago our nation scored a new continent
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107 years ago our ancestors brought new freedoms to the continent
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that “all men are created equal.” Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure.
Detailed explanation-2: -Literally, “87 years ago” (score sense: “group of 20”) the beginning of the Gettysburg Address made on November 19, 1863, by United States President Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865).
Detailed explanation-3: -So “fourscore and seven years ago” would have been what date? Abraham Lincoln was referring to 1776, the date we declared independence from tyranny. He goes on to say “our fathers, ” not our forefathers.