Preparing for Your Class Text - 11c

Our first class test will be about the American South. You will be given a text that you have to read and understand. The text will be annotated, i.e. I will give explanations for difficult words.   

You will have to work on the following parts:

I Comprehension:

Comprehension is another word for 'understanding'. You will get two questions. In answering these questions you show that you understand the text. There will be 2 - 3 comprehension questions.

II Comment:

I will give you a choice of two topics that are related to the text, but will give you a chance to expand on the issue. For example: "Do you think slavery still exists today? Give examples and show ways to end slavery."

III Grammar: Exercises the way we did them in class.

This is what the test will be about:

 The South

 – Hurricane Ike/Katrina, geographical facts, Slavery, Civil War

To prepare watch the video clips again, read the hand-outs, read the blog, read the 11b blog, go back to the website on Civil War that we worked on.

Make sure you can explain what the Triangle Trade was, why the South 'needed' slaves, why Gettysburg is important, and what happened in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.

 Grammar:

for and since

past progressive – simple Past

countable/uncountable nouns

To prepare, study the hand-outs you received. 

 Vocabulary:

surge, levee, to evacuate, plight, deploy, emergency supplies, launch, domestic/foreign, sustainable, spend/donate/give, mansion column, colonial style, plantation, to lynch, cargo, port, to enslave, Middle Passage, molasses, manufactured goods

I will not ask vocabulary questions in this test - these are just for you!

The Origin of the Confederate States of America

In February 1861 seven

south - southern

cotton states , South Carolina,

Missipi - well, isn't that word a little longer? 4 is, 4 ps, 

Florida, Alabama, Lousiana, Georgia and Texas,

disassociated - better still: segregated  or secededtheirselves themselves

from the Union.These seven states formed the Confederate States of America after the attack on Fort Sumter.

and Jefferson Davis was their first president. - this should be a phrase of its own.

The bombardment and capitulation on Fort Sumter actually was the reason for the American Civil War. Afterwards President Lincoln called for an volunteer army from each state.Thereupon four more states , Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennesse, declared their seperation within two months. That's how the Confederate States

originated - better: were founded or came into being.

by Tim R.

The deadliest war in american history

The American Civil War was a war between the states of

america - its America - always CAPITALIZE countries, languages, proper names

 from 1861 until 1865.  - You need a full sentence here: The war lasted from....

The U.S. federal government (The "Union") was led by Abraham Lincoln, who lived from 1809 until 1865, when he was shot during the Civil War. He was an opponent of slavery in the United States

and before becoming the first republican president of the United States, he was a lawyer. - again here: start a new sentence (There needs to be a commar separating sub clause and main clause!!)

The "enemies" were the eleven southern slave states, which formed the Confederate States of America and were led by Jefferson Davis. The war began April 1861, when forces from the South attacked a U.S. military installation. Then, both sides built armies to fight

against the others. - better: each other

 September 1862 Abraham Lincoln held a

speach, - tapo: speech

 which was called the Emancipation Proclamation and made clear that ending slavery in the south was his goal of this war. The Civil War of America is also called the deadliest war in american - again: America

history because over 620,000 soldies died. It ended April 1865

as - it needs to be when here

 the resistance of the southern states finally broke.

The great American Civil War

In the American Civil War(1861-1865) the Union states of America, as known as the Union, fought against the Confederate states of America. About 3 million people fought in the civil war and over 600000 people died in the war. In the Civil War there were many big and bloody battles for example the battle of Antietam. And there were also some important speeches for example from Abraham Lincoln. He honoured the fallen Soldiers of the big battle at Gettysburg.

Reasons for the Civil War

The Civil War was fought between the Union and the Confederated States of America. The last named seperated from the Union after Lincoln's election for president.They are located in the south-east of North America and reach from México to Virginia. and were full of plantages run by slaves. While in the North slavery was not needed due to the rapidly growing and expanding industrie, the South did not want to abolish the use and sell of slaves of which they made their money. So this and other disagreements heatened and tighten the relationsship between the North and the South until it reached its peak at the bombardment of Fort Sumter, which triggered the Civil War.

The American Civil War

The Civil War was a fight between the Union which was led by George Brinton McClellan, and the Confederate States of America, which were led by Joseph E. Johnston. More than 3 million Americans fought and 2 percent died in it from 1861 to 1865.

This war was the most important event in the life of the nation. It was the watershed of a new political and economic order and it saw the end of slavery and the downfall of a southern planter aristocracy.

What began as a dispute over Union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America. At Gettysburg in 1863, Abraham Lincoln made an important speech to honour the fallen soldiers from the fight at Gettysburg.

Dawn of War

The american civil war start in 1861 end ended in 1865. In this 4 years died more than 600.000 people.

Answers no. 1: The states, which fought for the confederation were Texas, Florida, Arkansas, Mississipi, Alabama, Tennessee, Southand North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington.

The General of the Confederate Army was Joseph E. Johnston. He was born in 1807 and died after the war in 1870.

His enemy, the General of the Union Army, was George Brinton McClellan, which was born in 1826 and died in 1885.

The battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single day of war.

The battle of Gettysburg was the most important battle if the american civil war.

The speach of Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg was on November the 19th 1863.

It´s to honor the dead and the living soldiers of the war.

Three quotes of this spech are: ,,This war costs too many lives"
,,It should never be forget"
,,It should be ended very fast"