Question

“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on 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.”
– Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address
November 19, 1863

In the opening sentence, Lincoln refers to the founding of the nation “fourscore and seven” - 87 - years earlier. Which of the following best explains Lincoln’s purpose in this opening?
A: He was observing that the nation had strayed from its original ideals.
B: He wanted to remind people about what the nation’s founding ideals were.
C: He believed it was time to rethink what the Founding Founders had said.

Answer 1

The most likely reason why  Lincoln refers to the founding of the nation “fourscore and seven” was because B: He wanted to remind people about what the nation’s founding ideals were.

Why did Lincoln refer to the founding of the nation?

Lincoln referred to the founding of the nation because he wanted people to remember that the United States was founded on the notion that everyone was born equal.

This was why it was important to fight and win the Civil War so that the enslaved would be treated equally as well.

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