1. Why do you think Lincoln chose to start the Gettysburg Address by reminding people it had been 87 years since the Declaration of Independence was signed?

2. Families were divided, about 620,000 people died, and President Lincoln was assassinated all because of the Civil War. However, when the war was over, the United States remained united, and slaves were set free. Do you think that the result of the war was worth its cost?

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1. Lincoln was trying to emphasize the fact that thomas jefferson wrote "all men are created equal" and use it to alude to the problem at hand, slavery.

2. The results were worth it, looking back hundreds of years later. It kept the US united, and there hasn't been a civil war ever since. It ended slavery, and was the first step towards racial justice.

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