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Why were African people brought to America?
To work on farms and plantations
What continent did the enslaved people come from?
Africa
What two things helped the enslaved people on hard days?
Music and religion
What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims came to America on?
Mayflower
What was one of the plants the enslaved people harvested on the farms?
Cotton
Did the African people choose to come to America?
No - they were taken
How did the enslaved people get to America?
Why did the pilgrims come to America?
Freedom of religion
Who wrote the famous speech The Gettysburg Address?
Abraham Lincoln
What famous speech did Martin Luther King, Jr. write?
I have a Dream
What great hero wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
What is the name of the Native American that helped the pilgrims?
Squanto