Read the opening to the Gettysburg Address, and then answer the questions.

How long is "four score and seven years?"

years

"Four score 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."

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Ezekiel Ryan

8 December, 04:51

Read the opening to the Gettysburg Address, and then answer the questions.

How long is "four score and seven years?"

years

"Four score 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."

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Miriam · Answer 1

87 years

Explanation:

A score is a term that is not common anymore, but that refers to a period of 20 years. Therefore, when Lincoln refers to "four score" he is referrencing 80 years. "Four score and seven," therefore, means 87 years. As the speech was read in 1863, 87 years refers to 1776, the year the Declaration of Independence was signed.