You can often tell the meaning of a word by the reading the words around it. Look at the number in parentheses. Find the paragraph in the story with the same number. Then find and type the word that fits the given meaning: publicly declared (5)

5 It had been eighty-seven years since 1776, when the nation was born. That was the year of the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed that "all men are created equal." Lincoln was determined that his young nation should not be broken up. Nothing was more important than holding the nation together under one government.

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You can often tell the meaning of a word by the reading the words around it. Look at the number in parentheses. Find the paragraph in the story with the same number. Then find and type the word that fits the given meaning:  publicly declared (5)

5     It had been eighty-seven years since 1776, when the nation was born. That was the year of the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed that "all men are created equal." Lincoln was determined that his young nation should not be broken up. Nothing was more important than holding the nation together under one government.