3 GIRAUD: the Civil War (2)

 

In 1861, the Civil War started.

In 1863, President Lincoln enacted the Emancipation Proclamation and freed slaves.

In 1865, the South surrendered and the war ended.

Vocabulary

Surrender: se rendre

Set free  /  free: libérer

Rights: des droits

Outlaw: rendre illegal

Former slave: ancien esclave

Law: loi

Enact: promugluer

Rebuild: reconstruire