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the United States. This was the beginning
of the so called “experiment in democracy”.
to draft [drA:ft] - načrtnout,
19th century America sepsat
slavery ["sleIv(@)ri] - otroctví
- the Civil War to abolish [@"bQlIS] - zrušit
America expanded greatly in the 19th agrarian [@"grE:rI@n] - zemědělský
penalty ["pEn(@)lti] - trest
century. In 1803, President Thomas
to assassinate [@"s&sIneIt] -
Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory zavraždit Cold Mountain (USA, 2003)
from Napoleon Bonaparte of France. The to drop - shodit The American Civil War is impressively portrayed in this
Louisiana Purchase added 2.1 million natural resources ["n&tS(@)r(@)l movie telling the story of a seriously wounded confederate
square km to the US. rI"sO:sIz] - přírodní zdroje soldier (Jude Law) who sets on a journey back home to Cold
involvement [In"vQlvm(@)nt] - Mountain, North Carolina to see his girlfriend (Nicole Kidman).
This period also saw many wars. In angažovanost During his long journey through the post-war confederacy,
1812, the US went to war again with to deny [dI"naI] - popřít he meets various people who want to either help or stop his
Britain, and was victorious after three mission.
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