Have you read the book 1Uncle Tom's Cabin（《汤姆叔叔的小屋》）? It's thought 2 one of the greatest books in American literature. The book's impact was 3 great   3  Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, met the writer after reading.

The book describes an unpleasant social problem—Slavery（奴隶制）in the Southern States of America. It first 4 in 1852. Over 300, 000 copies 5 in a year. People had different ideas about the book. In the North, more and more people began 6 their support for the freedom of the black people 7 they read the book, but in the South, many people were very 8 the people in the North. In 1861, the war 9 the two parts of the country happened.Uncle Tom's Cabinsurely played a part in the war. In 1862, Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe, the book's writer. 10 he took her hand, Lincoln said, “So you are the woman who started the war. ”