Bonjour pouvez vous m'aider c'est pour demain et je n'est vraiment rien compris 1. Complete that text about the American civil war with the verbs nto brackets put into the simple past.
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln ________ elected president(be) . He _________ (be) from the Northern part of the country and he ____________ (want) to put an end to slavery. But the Southern states ______________ (not want) him to tell them what to do.
So they ______________ (decide) to secede and _____________ (leave) the United States. They _____________ (create) their own country in 1861 and ____________ (call) it the Confederacy or the Confederate States of America. They ___________ (elect) Jefferson Davis as their president.
But Abraham Lincoln ___________________ happy (not be) and ______________(not accept) their decision .
So the Civil War ________________ (begin) on April 12, 1861 when the South __________________ (attack) South Carolina.
From 1861 to 1862 there _________ (be) many battles where lots of soldiers from both sides ____________ (be) wounded and killed. Moreover, in April 1961, Lincoln ____________ (announce) the Union blockade and the navy __________ (keep) supplies from entering or leaving the Confederacy.
Little by little, the North _____________ (start) to win the Civil war. They first ____________ (win) a major battle in 1863, the battle of Gettysburg and later ______________ (capture) the cities of Alanta and Savannah. On their way, the northern troops led by General Sherman ____________ (destroy) and ______________ (burn) the land they ____________ (pass) through.
Finally, on April 4, 1865, General Lee, the leader of the Confederate army, ______________ (surrender) and the Civil war ____________ (end). But John Wilkes Booth, a man from the South, ______________ (shoot) President Lincoln on April 14, 1865.
However, the South _______________ (be) occupied by federal troops from 1865 to 1877 and rebuilt.
2. Write his biography
Jefferson DAVIS
Date & Place of birth: June 3, 1808 in Kentucky
Death: December 6, 1889 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Childhood in Mississippi, father = a small farmer , 1 brother
Studies: Transylvania university→ a lawyer , then West Point Military Academy military career
Family: ♥ Sarah Knox Taylor 1835
Occupation: elected to the US House of representatives in 1845, then Senator (1847-1851 + 1857-1861)
US secretary of War 1853-1857
President of the Confederate States of America, Best known for leading the Southern United States during the Civil War, captured in 1865 → 2 years in prison
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln ________ elected president(be) . He _________ (be) from the Northern part of the country and he ____________ (want) to put an end to slavery. But the Southern states ______________ (not want) him to tell them what to do.
So they ______________ (decide) to secede and _____________ (leave) the United States. They _____________ (create) their own country in 1861 and ____________ (call) it the Confederacy or the Confederate States of America. They ___________ (elect) Jefferson Davis as their president.
But Abraham Lincoln ___________________ happy (not be) and ______________(not accept) their decision .
So the Civil War ________________ (begin) on April 12, 1861 when the South __________________ (attack) South Carolina.
From 1861 to 1862 there _________ (be) many battles where lots of soldiers from both sides ____________ (be) wounded and killed. Moreover, in April 1961, Lincoln ____________ (announce) the Union blockade and the navy __________ (keep) supplies from entering or leaving the Confederacy.
Little by little, the North _____________ (start) to win the Civil war. They first ____________ (win) a major battle in 1863, the battle of Gettysburg and later ______________ (capture) the cities of Alanta and Savannah. On their way, the northern troops led by General Sherman ____________ (destroy) and ______________ (burn) the land they ____________ (pass) through.
Finally, on April 4, 1865, General Lee, the leader of the Confederate army, ______________ (surrender) and the Civil war ____________ (end). But John Wilkes Booth, a man from the South, ______________ (shoot) President Lincoln on April 14, 1865.
However, the South _______________ (be) occupied by federal troops from 1865 to 1877 and rebuilt.
2. Write his biography
Jefferson DAVIS
Date & Place of birth: June 3, 1808 in Kentucky
Death: December 6, 1889 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Childhood in Mississippi, father = a small farmer , 1 brother
Studies: Transylvania university→ a lawyer , then West Point Military Academy military career
Family: ♥ Sarah Knox Taylor 1835
Occupation: elected to the US House of representatives in 1845, then Senator (1847-1851 + 1857-1861)
US secretary of War 1853-1857
President of the Confederate States of America, Best known for leading the Southern United States during the Civil War, captured in 1865 → 2 years in prison
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