Vocabulary

to argue	спорить, ссориться
slavery	рабство
to permit [pə'mɪt]	разрешить
to allow [ə'lau]	позволять, разрешать
to object [əb'ʤekt]	возражать
to ban	запрещать
breaking point	критическое состояние
Civil War	гражданская война
to support	поддерживать
to split	раскалывать
to supply with	снабжать ч-л.
weapon ['wepən]	оружие, орудие
to defend	защищать
to abolish	аннулировать, отменять, упразднять
to cause	послужить причиной, поводом

1. Match the synonyms:

to argue	to realize
to permit	agreement
to ban	to issue a law
to cause	to be reason of
to supply with	to capture
weapon	to provide
to pass a law	to quarrel
to seize	to allow
consent	arms
to put policy into practice	to divide
to split	to forbid

2. Fill in the gaps:

1. The children always … with each other.

2. How can we... our homeland if we don't have an army?

3. The teacher... the children into three groups.

4. The youths were taken out from their car and searched for...

5. I think bullfighting should be...

6. You're not... to talk during the exam.

7. No-one... when the boss said it was time to go home.

8. The difficult driving conditions... several accidents.

9. The situation reached... when his son crashed the family car.

10. Millions of Africans were sold into...

3. Complete the sentences:

1) Southern and northern politicians were arguing about…

2) Two sides agreed on a compromise …

3) The relationship between North and South...

4) On April 12, 1861,...

5) Some people found it difficult to decide which side to support so …

6) The North was much stronger than the South in …

7) The South had also some advantages …

8) The Civil War put an end …

9) The war left …

4. Answer these questions:

1) What did southern and northern politicians argue about?

2) What territories did the argument center on?

3) What happened in 1846?

4) When did the American Civil War begin?

5) Why did the American Civil War split families sometimes?

6) What advantages did the North have in this war?

7) What advantages did the South have in this war?

8) What outcomes did the Civil War have?