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Harlem: Then and Now

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  • What does ere mean?
    before
  • Use gradually in a sentence
    Open answer
  • what are sleighs?
    vehicles pulled by animals, used for traveling in the snow
  • What does firetraps mean?
    buildings that would be hard to escape from if they were on fire.
  • What does firetraps mean?
    buildings that would be hard to escape from if they were on fire.
  • What does pretentious mean?
    seeming to be important or wealthy
  • What does tenements mean?
    large buildings divided into apartments
  • What does firetraps mean?
    buildings that would be hard to escape from if they were on fire.
  • What happened in 1636?
    Dr. Johannes de la Montagne, his family and a handful of settlers landed at 125th Street and the Harlem River.
  • What happened after the Dr. and settlers landed?
    The houses were hard to heat and the crops refused to grow. They were often cold, hungry and frightened.
  • The tenements people were once so proud of are now rather dangerous ______ and ____________ .
    firetraps, should be rebuilt
  • What does jubilant mean?
    very happy
  • The eighteenth century found Harlem in ______ hands. She had been conquered in _______.
    English, 1664
  • What does barren mean?
    not able to grow plants
  • What is Harlem like today?
    Its a large, thickly populated urban community- a city within a city, with fine streets and avenues, parks, playgrounds....etc.
  • What was the first crop to grow in Harlem?
    corn
  • Use steady in a sentence
    open answer
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