Read the first half of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and then answer the questions that follow. Use a dictionary or online reference tools to help you with vocabulary.

"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. We are met on a great battle-field 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. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this."

1.

What does "four score and seven years ago" mean?

2.

If the speech was delivered in 1863, what was "four score and seven years ago?" What happened in that year?

3.

What is the meaning of the word "proposition" in the first paragraph?

4.

In your own words, what did Lincoln say our nation was dedicated to?

5.

According to Lincoln, what did the Civil War test?

6.

Where in Gettysburg was the cemetery located?