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13th Amendment

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"Fourscore   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." Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address 1863.

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Question 1

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When Lincoln said "Fourscore and seven years ago", what event Abraham Lincoln was referring to?
Explain how this phrase changes the focus of the Civil War and the United States.