The problem of slavery continued to divide the North and South. Northerners warned that slavery could spread no farther. Southerners threatened to leave the Union unless southern rights were protected.
In the far West, one could forget this bitter dispute. There were no slaves in the West. The land and the weather were not right for the kind of farming that used slaves.
The west was growing quickly. Gold had brought thousands of settlers to California ten years earlier. New discoveries of gold and silver now were leading men to Colorado, Arizona and Nevada.
昨天的VOA慢速听写。第一段里头the North 第二段 the far West 。North和West都要首字母大写。为什么第三段开头的The west 的west不用大写呢。
我很纠结这个大小写问题呃，谁开导我下……%