NAME   Samanta       SURNAME   Fort                                   DATE     17/09/2020                        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. “

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

1.What was the famous book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe?                                                                                                        It was Uncle Tom’s cabin.                                         

2.What did she think about slavery?                                                                                                                                                She thought that slavery meant cruelty.

3. What did Abraham Lincoln think about it?                                                                                                                                  He had thought of slavery as an evil.

4. What were the two causes of Civil War?                                                                                                                                    The first cause of the Civil War was the slavery, and the second cause was that the Southern States wanted to leave the Union of States and keep their lows, including the slaves.

5. What means did Abraham Lincoln use first, to prevent the war?                                                                                                    He did everything he could by diplomatic means to avoid war.

6. Who fired the first shots?                                                                                                                                                          Southern States fired the first shots.

7. What advantages had the Northern States?                                                                                                                                  The Northern States had a population of nine million people, armed with courage                                                                  

8. What were the weaknesses of Southern States?                                                                                                                          It doesn’t say.

9. When did the war end and who won it?                                                                                                                                      The war finished in 1865 and the Northern States won it.

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?                                                                    Cristopher Colombo who discovered America four centuries ago and thanks to him now we have the opportunity to know a new a country.