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Why did Lincoln open his speech with four score and seven years ago?
Four score and seven=87 87 years prior to the Gettysburg address, was the American Revolution.
What the years in a score?
A score means 20. Hence in the Gettysburg Address when Lincoln referred to "four score and seven years ago" he meant 87 years ago.
Who said four score and ten years ago?
If you mean four score and seven years ago, it was said by Abraham Lincoln, the first words from his Gettysburg Address.
What was a famous quotation Lincoln said?
'Four score and seven years ago...'
When Lincoln referred to four scores and seven years ago what year was he talking about?
When Abraham Lincoln referred to "four score and seven years ago" in his Gettysburg Address, he was talking about 1776, which is 87 years prior to the speech delivered in 1863. A "score" is 20 years, so four score equals 80 years, plus seven years makes a total of 87 years. Thus, he was referencing the founding of the United States and the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
What does score mean at the end of a number?
A score is equal to twenty. "Four score and seven years" is eighty-seven years.
Why does 'score' equal 50?
In fact, score does not equal 50 - score equals 20. "Four score and seven years ago" is equal to 4 x 20 + 7 = 87 years.
Four score and seven from the bible how many years?
A score is twenty years. So four score and seven is (4 X 20) + 7 years or 87 years. However, the usual quote is three score and ten years (70 years) which represented the life expectancy in those days.
What is the first 6 words of the Gettysburg Address?
Lincoln's Emancipation was proclaimed great honor and contact officicated in glory.
Four score is equal to what?
"Four score" refers to a period of 80 years, as "a score" is equal to 20 years. Therefore, four score equals 4 times 20, which is 80. This phrase is famously used in Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, where he begins with "Four score and seven years ago," referring to 87 years prior.
How many years were in the Gettysburg address?
"Four score and seven years" which indicates 87 years (4x20 +7), the time between the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) and the Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863).87a score is 20 years, so 4 score is 80 years plus 7.
What is the word for twenty years?
a score, as in "Four score and seven years..."
Is 4 scores and 7 years equal to 5 decades?
Nope - four score and seven years is 87. Which is eight decades.
When talking about years four scores and seven equals how many years?
As a score is 20 years, 4 score and 7 years equals 87 years.
How many years are there in four score?
Four score refers to 80 years, as a "score" is equal to 20 years. Therefore, four score is calculated as 4 times 20, which equals 80.
What does four score mean in the Gettysburg address?
A score is twenty years, so 4 score is 80 years and 'four score and seven' means 87 years.
What is four score and 6 years old?
"Four score and six years" refers to a time period of 86 years. A "score" is equal to 20 years, so four score amounts to 80 years, and adding six gives a total of 86. This phrase is famously used in Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, where he begins with "Four score and seven years ago," which refers to 87 years prior to the speech in 1863.
