Read the excerpt from the gettysburg address. which is the writer referring to in this excerpt? from the gettysburg address four score 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. a. the winning of the battle of gettysburg b. the fighting of the civil war c. the signing of the u. s. constitution d. the signing of the declaration of independence