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91 Cards in this Set
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FIRST MAJOR BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR
WHO WON |
BULL RUN
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president of the united states during the civil war
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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person with a trade
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skilled worker
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to set free
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emancipate
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BLOODIEST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR
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SHILOH
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PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES DURING THE CIVIL WAR
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JEFFERSON DAVIS
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WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY IN THE CIVIL WAR
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ROBERT E. LEE
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when workers did not get their demands for better wages they went on _________.
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strike
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THIS BATTLE ENABLED THE NORTH TODIVIDE THE SOUTH ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
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VICKSBURG
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Name the Senator that was able to solve the problem of Missouri becoming a state?
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Henry Clay
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SOUTHERN GENERAL THAT WAS KILLED IN ACTIONBY HIS OWN MEN
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THOMAS "STONEWALL" JACKSON
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Name the connecticut man and the invention he made that helped the cleaning of cotton?
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Eli Whitney
cotton gin |
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What machine did Cyrus McCormick invent?
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Mechanical Reaper
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1. What did the Mechanical Reaper do?
2. It did the work of how many people? |
1. mowed wheat and other grains
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workers that formed a group to fight for better wages and working conditions for workers
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trade union
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How did Henry Clay solve the problem of Missouri becoming a state?
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The Missouri Compromise -
Maine was allowed to enter the Union as a Free territory. |
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What was name of the road taken to the west?
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Oregon Trail
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WAS ONE OF THE BEST NORTHERN GENERALS
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ULYSSES GRANT
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IN THIS BATTLE TOTAL WAR WAS INTRODUCED
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MARCH TO SEA
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a person who wants to end slavery
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abolitionist
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Who invented the telegraph?
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Samuel B. Morse
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IN THE BATTLE MARCH TO SEA WHO DESTROYED EVERYTHING IN THEIR PATH
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SHERMAN AND HIS MEN
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IN THE MARCH TO THE SEA WHERE DID THIS WAR PATH TAKE PLACE
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FROM ATLANTA TO THE SEA
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Who did Mexico allow to bring Americans into Texas to develop land?
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Stephen Austin
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WAS UNION COMMANDER THAT MARCHED TO THE SEA THAT WENT THROUGH STATE OF GEORGIA
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WILLIAM T. SHERMAN
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a device that sent electrical signals along a wire
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telegraph
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Why did Americans go into Mexico?
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To develop the land.
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WHO WROTE THE EMANCIPATION PROCLOMATION
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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What was the telegraph code system called?
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Morse code
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what did the trade unions ask their workers to do if they did not get what they asked for?
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strike
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Mexico allowed Stephen Austin to bring Americans into Texas.
What did Americans have to agree to. |
a. they had to become Mexican citizens
b. they had to become members of the Catholic Church c. No Slavery allowed |
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WHAT DID THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION DO?
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IT FREED THE SLAVES IN THE SOUTHERN STATES THAT LEFT THE UNION
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block off the seaports and trade of a country
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blockade
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define strike
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workers refuse to work until they get their demands
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Who was the Mexican leader sent to make americans obey the rules they agreed to.
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Santa Anna
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Moderates supported what idea that allowed the people in a new territory to decide for themselves if they wanted slavery or not?
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Popular Sovereignty
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WHAT BATTLE DID TOTAL WAR TAKE PLACE
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MARCH TO SEA FROM ATLANTA, GEORGE TO
THE SEA |
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1. Name the spanish mission where all 188 americans were killed and defeated.
2. Who were two men who were among the dead? |
1. The Alamo
2. Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett |
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What was the name of the new political party that developed in 1848?
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Free Soil Party
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-THIS BATTLE WAS THE TURNINGPOINT OF THE WAR
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GETTYSBURG
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What was the main goal of the Free Soil Party?
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To keep slavery out of the western territories.
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WHY WAS GETTYSBURG THE TURNINGPOINT OF THE WAR?
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1 LEE MADE A BIG ATTEMPT TO INVADE THE NORTH
2 HE WAS DEFEATED BECAUSE HE FOUGHT FROM A BAD POSITION 3 HE WAS FORCED TO RETREAT TO THE NORTH |
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Who was the Mexican leader sent to make americans obey the rules they agreed to.
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Santa Anna
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1. What was texas known as
2. Why was Texas named this |
1. Lone Star Republic
2. Texas was a slave state and the norther states would not let another slave state in the union |
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What did the souther states talk about doing if California became a free state?
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seceding
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What was the Name (phrase) given to the american's feeling that U.S. should expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
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Manifest Destiny
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Who did the Congress turn to to try to resolve the problem of balance of power and the states seceding.
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Henry Clay
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What States did president polk say he would add to the United States?
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California
Oregon Texas |
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What is the term we give to runaway slaves?
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Fugitive
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How did the United States and Mexico disagree on the boundary between United States and Mexico
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United States said RIO GRANDE RIVER was the border
Mexico said NEUCES RIVER was the border |
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Who was the senator that worked to get Henry Clay's plan through Congress when Henry Clay became ill?
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Stephen Douglas
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Polk sent which General into the disputed territory?
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General Zachery Taylor
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wHAT DID SOUTHERNERS DO TO STOP SLAVES FROM RUNNING AWAY AND REBELING:
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SLAVE CODES
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How were the new territories to determine the question of slavery when they became states?
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popular sovereignty
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1. what was the name of the antislavery book that was published in 1852?
2. Who was the author? |
1. Uncle Toms Cabin
2. Harriet Becher Stowe |
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Where was Abraham Lincoln from?
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Kentucky
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What party did Lincoln represent?
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Republican- he was opposed to slavery
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What sentaor proposed dividing the NEBRASKA TERRITORY
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STEPHEN DOUGLAS
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AFTER PROSLAVERY FORCES ATTACKED THE TOWN OF LAWRENCE IN KANSAS, _____________ AN ABOLITIONIST FROM NEW YORK MURDERED FIVE PEOPLE
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JOHN BROWN
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WHO WAS THE SLAVE THAT WAS TAKEN TO A FREE STATE TO BE TO LIVE BY HIS OWNER
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DRED SCOTT
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STEPHEN DOUGLAS WHO HELPED SET UP THE NEBRASKA - KANSAS ACT BELIEVED IN POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
LINCOLN OPPOSED POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT SLAVERY TO SPREAD |
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WHO DID JOHN BROWN,( AN ANTISLAVERY MAN FROM N.Y.) RAID
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THE U.S. ARMY ARSENAL AT HARPER'S FERRY, VA.
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IN THE DEBATE BETWEEN LINCOLN AND STEPHEN DOUGLAS WHO WON THE ELECTION FOR THE ILLINOIS SENATE?
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STEPHEN DOUGLAS
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who won the election
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lincoln
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what happened shortly after lincoln won
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-south carolina seceded from the union
- confederate states of america formed with Jefferson Davis as their president - |
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father of the american navy, fouth the british in the north sea
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john paul jones
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a person who wants to end slavery
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abolitionist
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a person who wanted to preserve the country for the natives
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natavist
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what did the nativist want to do
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they wanted to limit immigration
because they felt the country should be preserved for natives only |
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author of the pamphlets "common sense and the crisis"
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thomas paine
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power of government is divided among three branches
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legislative, executive, judicial
this is called division of powers |
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when the president rejects a bill
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veto
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what is a bill
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a proposed law - a law that is presented and may be accepted
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each branch of federal government has some way to check or control the other two branches
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check and balances
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what is it called when congress can vote against a proposed bill
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override
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to override a veto(when the president votes against a bill) how much of congress must vote for the bill again for it to be passed
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two thirds
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to bring charges against a president and take him out of office
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impreach
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writer of the declaration of independence
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thomas jefferson
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commander in chief of the continental army
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george washington
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who was our first president
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george washington
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known as the "swamp fox" because of his fighting style, he kept the british off
balance in the south |
francis marion
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helped america win the battle of saratoga but later betrayed the country
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benedict arnold
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when one betrays his country by going against it
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traiter
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ones who were loyal Britain
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loyalist
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one who was loyal to the colonies
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patriot
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who invented the mechanical reaper
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cyrus mccormick
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who invented the telegraph
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samuel b morse
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items andarticles left behind that we use today to receate the past
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artifacts
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a person that looks for evidence of the past in an effort to find out how people lived years ago
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archaeologist
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native americans that lived in what is today new yoirk state built homes called __________
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long houses
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people that signed a contract to work a certain number of years in return for their passage to america
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indentured servants
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