Workbook chapter 4b
What is a civil war?
Task 1
Make a list of the Southern States which called themselves the Confederate States of America. Find them on a map.
Task 2
What kind of activities were typical of the society in the North? Write down as many as you can. Compare the results of task 1 and 2.
Task 3
Work in pairs.
a)
What kind of war is a “civil war”?
b)
Why do you think such a war is more difficult to fight than a war between two countries?
c)
Discuss with your partner what you think about it.
Task 4
Why did the North and the South go to war? Find four reasons which you take down in your notebook. Compare with a fellow student.
Task 5
Why did the North win the war? Take down at least three points in your notebook. Compare with another student.
Task 6
Use the following key words and tell the story about the Civil War:
the same nation / the North / the South /
the Confederate States / the Constitution / created equal /
Abraham Lincoln / at a heavy price / recourses
Task 7
Are these sentences correct or false?
Write down the sentences you correct.
a) A civil war is a war between different nations.
b) There were 22 states on the southern side.
c) The Confederate states did not change the Constitution.
d) Abraham Lincoln wanted to do away with slavery.
e) The North lost very few soldiers.
f) The North had much more resources.
Task 8
Which words have the same meaning? When you have found them write them down in pairs.
broke out, began, equal, cause, create, the same, started, left,
close, give permission, destroy, allow, near, ruin.
Task 9
Abraham Lincoln played an important role in this dramatic part of American history. Find out more about the man, what he did and what happened to him.
Prepare a short speech.
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