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Why does the Gettysburg Address begin with "Four score and seven years ago ...?

O Lincoln was referring to the year the Constitution was written.
Lincoln was referring to the year the Declaration of Independence was written.
O Lincoln was referring to the year the Articles of Confederation were written.
O Lincoln was referring to the year the Bill of Rights was written,

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Correct answer is B.Lincoln was referring to the year the Declaration of Independence was written explanation: a score is 20 years, so 87 years before that was the Declaration of Independence