English Sentence Correction - Revision Week 1

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Four and a half months after the Battle of Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln had addressed the nation, referring to the founding principles of United States and stressing the need for true equality for all of America's citizens.