Аудио уроки английского. The Civil War Ends. Аудирование.| Марина Русакова

Опубликовано 21 апреля 2016, 15:19

The Civil War Ends.
Abraham Lincoln did not live to see the final surrenderof the armies of the Confederacy. A Confederatesympathizer shot the president at Ford's Theatre inWashington on April 14, 1865.
By that time, however, the American Civil War wasover.
General Robert E. Lee surrendered in early April,bringing an end to four years of fighting. Several otherConfederate armies were still in the field. But they weretoo small and too weak to continue the fight.
One by one, the remaining armies surrendered. Thesoldiers began returning home.
Late in May, 150,000 Union soldiers, representing every one of the Unionarmies, came to Washington. They came to take part in a victory marchthrough the city.
For two days, the soldiers marched past the WhiteHouse. Many of the men had fought at Bull Run,Antietam, Gettysburg and Appomattox. Sherman'swestern army was there from battles at Shiloh andAtlanta.
The soldiers marched proudly past the new president, Andrew Johnson, andother government leaders.
Finally, the last group of soldiers passed the White House. The grand paradewas over. The battle flags were put away, and the marching bands fell silent. The war was ended. Now, people could look about them and count the cost of the war.
Four years of bloody fighting had saved the Union ofstates. The northern victory had decided that statescould not leave the Union. And it had put to rest thegreat problem of slavery, which had troubled the nationfor so many years
But the costs were great. More than 600,000 men of theNorth and South lost their lives. Hundreds of thousandsmore were wounded. Many had lost their arms or legs.
The war cost the North over 3 billion dollars. The war was almost as costly to the Confederates. Most of the war was fought in the southern states. Andmost of the war damage was there.
Some towns and cities -- including Atlanta -- were completely destroyed. Thedamage outside the populated areas was almost as great. Union armies hadmarched across the South, leaving behind them widespread destruction.Farm houses and buildings had been burned; animals and crops seized ordestroyed.
There was also the question of the four million formerslaves. They were free now. But they needed jobs andtraining. Once again, the American people debated thebest plan for moving the country forward.
I’m Christopher Cruise.
And I’m Kelly Jean Kelly.
This is The Making of a Nation from VOA LearningEnglish.
Frank Beardsley wrote this story. George Grow was the editor.
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