NAME   Noemi                                 SURNAME   Fain                                             DATE   16/09/2020                         CLASS   1LSAB

Le competenze che dovrai aver raggiunto sono del livello A2 del Quadro Comune Europeo di riferimento della lingua inglese.

“These two names are important in the suppression of slavery.

One was a writer, Harriet Beecher Stowe. In 1857 she published "Uncle Tom’s cabin", showing how slavery meant cruelty.

The second name was Abraham Lincoln, a poor boy who studied hard and gained political power. He had always thought of slavery as an evil.

The slavery question was one of the causes of the Civil War. The second cause derived from it: the right or not of Southern States to leave the Union of States, govern themselves and keep their slaves. In 1861, the Southern States declared that they were no-longer part of the Union. Abraham Lincoln was now President. He did everything he could by diplomatic means to avoid war, but in April 1861 the Southern States fired the shots. The twenty-three Northern, technically advanced States with a population of nine million people, armed with courage but with few arms and ammunition, and no system of railways to move their troops. The end was inevitable: in 1865 the South surrendered. In his hour of victory, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by a madman. He had been one of the greatest men in history. “

Little dictionary

Slavery: schiavo

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

1. What was the famous book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
It was “Uncle Tom’s cabin”, published in 1857.
2. What did she think about slavery?
She thought that slavery was cruelty.
3. What did Abraham Lincoln think about it?
He thought that slavery was an evil.
4. What were the two causes of Civil War?
They was the slavery question and the right or not of Southern State to leave the Union of State, govern themselves and keep their slaves.
5. What means did Abraham Lincoln use first, to prevent the war?
He use diplomatic means to prevent the war.
6. Who fired the first shots?
Southern States fired the first shot in April 1861
7. What advantages had the Northern States?
Northern States was technically and numerically advanced.
8. What were the weaknesses of Southern States?
They had few arm and ammunition, and no system of railways to move their troops
9. When did the war end and who won it?
The war ended in 1865 and the Northern states won.
10. How did Abraham Lincoln die?
He was assassinated by a madman
11. Who do you think was a great and famous man in the history of your country?
I think that Margherita Hack was a great and famous woman in the history of Italy, because she was a important figure in astrology and physic science.

I searched what is happened during the Civil War because the text isn’t clear: I didn’t understand if the underlined sentence is talking about Southern States or Northern States