9 Chapter 6 Civil War

Chapter 6 Civil War Lincoln was in trouble before he even took office. The slave states hated him. Almost no one in the South had voted for him. As soon as the news came of his election, seven states seceded

林肯在上任之前就陷入了困境。 蓄奴州痛恨他。 南方几乎没有人投票给他。 他当选的消息一传出，就有七个州退出了联邦

from the Union. They said they were no longer part of the United States. Lincoln was not their president. Soon, four more states joined them. They called their new country the Confederate States of America. They elected Jefferson Davis as their president. JEFFERSON DAVIS

脱离联邦。他们说，他们不再是美国的一部分。 林肯不是他们的总统。 很快，又有四个州加入了这一行列。 他们称他们的新国家为美利坚联盟国。 他们选举杰斐逊·戴维斯为总统。 杰斐逊。戴维斯

In his brief inauguration speech, Lincoln spoke to a huge crowd gathered in front of the capitol. He told them he would not let the nation become two countries, no matter what. He avoided talking about slavery. He had a good reason for this. Four states where slavery was legal—Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri—had not left the Union. Lincoln didn't want to anger these states and lose them, too. But despite Lincoln's wishes, the country was soon torn in two. A month later, on April 12, 1861, Southern soldiers fired on Union soldiers at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The Civil War had begun.

在他简短的就职演说中，林肯向聚集在国会大厦前的一大群人发表了讲话。 他告诉他们，无论如何，他都不会让这个国家变成两个国家。 他回避谈论奴隶制。 他这样做是有充分理由的。 奴隶制合法的四个州——特拉华、马里兰、肯塔基和密苏里——还没有脱离联邦。 林肯不想激怒这些州，也不想失去他们。 但尽管林肯希望如此，这个国家很快就被一分为二了。 一个月后，1861年4月12日，南方士兵在南卡罗来纳州的萨姆特堡向北方士兵开火。 内战开始了。

FORT SUMTER FREDERICK DOUGLASS

萨姆特堡，弗雷德里克·道格拉斯

FREDERICK DOUGLASS WAS A SLAVE WHO ESCAPED AS A YOUNG MAN. HE BECAME An INSPIRING LECTURER And AUTHOR. DOUGLASS BELIEVED In FREEDOM And EQUALITY FOR ALL PEOPLE, INCLUDING WOMEN. HE DID NOT ALWAYS SUPPORT LINCOLN. HE BELIEVED LINCOLN WAS MUCH TOO CAUTIOUS ABOUT ENDING SLAVERY. AFTER THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, DOUGLASS BEGAN TO THINK BETTER OF THE PRESIDENT. ONCE THEY MET, HE WAS COMPLETELY WON OVER. DOUGLASS SAID LINCOLN TREATED HIM EXACTLY AS HE WOULD HAVE TREATED ANY MAN, DESPITE THE DIFFERENCE In THEIR SKIN COLOR.

弗雷德里克·道格拉斯是一个年轻时逃跑的奴隶。 他成了一名鼓舞人心的讲师和作家。 道格拉斯相信包括妇女在内的所有人都应该享有自由和平等。 他并不总是支持林肯。 他认为林肯在结束奴隶制问题上过于谨慎。 《解放奴隶宣言》发表后，道格拉斯开始对总统有了更好的看法。 他们一见面，他就完全被征服了。 道格拉斯说林肯对待他就像对待任何一个人一样，尽管他们的肤色不同。

More than eighty years earlier, the American colonies, north and south, had united to break away from England and become a new country. Now Americans would be fighting Americans. Families were divided—even Lincoln's own family. His wife, Mary, had relatives in the South who owned slaves. They fought on the other side.

80多年前，美国的南北殖民地联合起来，脱离英国，成为一个新的国家。 现在美国人会打美国人。 家庭分裂，甚至林肯自己的家庭也是如此。 他的妻子玛丽在南方有亲戚拥有奴隶。 他们在另一边作战。