Упр.30 Unit 5 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ English Михеева 9 класс
30. Complete the text using the right forms of the verbs in brackets. Sometimes a book can help change history. One book that certainly did was “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, 1) written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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30. Complete the text using the right forms of the verbs in brackets.
Sometimes a book can help change history. One book that certainly did was “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, 1) written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It 2) was a book that 3) spoke out against slavery.
At the time H. B.
Stowe 4) was writing her novel, slaves 5) were used in the cotton-growing states of the South in the US. The Northern states 6) had abolished slavery. Yet most Northerners 7) wanted to let slavery 8) continue in the South.
Stowe 9) was determined to make people 10) understand that slavery was evil. Each night after 11) putting her six children to bed, she 12) worked on her novel. She 13) told the story of Tom, a courageous old slave.
“Uncle Tom” 14) was published in 1852. Over 300,000 copies 15) were sold in a year. People 16) reacted strongly to the novel. In the North, many people 17) were convinced finally that slavery must 18) end. In the South, many people 19) became angry. Disagreement between the North and the South 20) grew deeper. By 1861 the two sections of the country 21) were at war. The Civil War, which lasted until 1865, finally 22) brought an end to slavery.
Of course, the Civil War 23) had many different causes. Yet “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” surely 24) played a part. Stowe 25) met President Lincoln in 1862. As Lincoln 26) took her hand, he 27) said, “So you’re the little woman who 28) started the big war.”