When Lincoln says “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth….” he is referring to the year 1776.
What events in 1776 was Lincoln referring to? What happened 87 years before 1863?
Why might Lincoln refer the audience to think about that particular year when they are burying soldiers who fought in the Civil War?

In reflecting on the founding of the country, Lincoln describes ”...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…” What is Lincoln implying are the reasons for fighting the Civil War? [Hint: Think about equality and freedom.]

What is the “unfinished” work or “great task remaining before” the American people?

What is the “new birth of freedom” Lincoln calls for?
Who benefited from independence and freedom in 1776 and how is that different from who benefits from independence and freedom AFTER the Civil War / Emancipation Proclamation?

Do you think we have lived up to the message in the Gettysburg Address as a nation? Why or why not? Cite one example from US History to support your claim.

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address begins with the words, “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.” A score is another way of saying 20, so Lincoln was referring to 1776, which was 87 ...

Slavery, Lincoln stated, was the reason for the war: ... To say that slavery was the cause placed responsibility for the bloodshed on the South.

he have to finish what they started: Win war, unite as a union and end slavery. ... Gave lives to keep union together, gave live

The Civil War, in the words of President Abraham Lincoln, brought to America "a new birth of freedom." And during the war began the nation's efforts to come to terms with the destruction of slavery and to define the meaning of freedom.s to country, some gave their lives to slavery.

Only white Americans benefited from the independence and freedom gained in 1776, while African slaves had no rights and were forced to live in an unequal and unjust society. After emancipation, they were given more freedoms and liberties which took them much closer to being as free and equal in the US as white people.