Question

In the Gettysburg Address, what does Lincoln accomplish by referring to the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 1

I think the answer is he reminds people that the united states was founded on the principle of freedom for all people

Answer 2

Lincoln referred to the principles of human equality

Step-by-step explanation:

In the Gettysburg speech, the president addressed the principles of equality proclaimed once in the Declaration of Independence, and the civil War was appreciated in a new way: As a struggle for the preservation of the United States, which would be accompanied by "a New Birth of Freedom " to grant true equality to all citizens and to preserve the Union of States as a single state in which all citizens will be equal.