The Bowery Boys are a very interesting topic; within the film Gangs of New York were a nativist, anti-Catholic, and anti-Irish gang based north of the Five Points district of New York City. They were primarily stationed in the Bowery section of New York. Composed mainly of single males that dressed alike in black stove pipe hat and black flared trousers. Also they were said to be affiliated with the
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Know Nothing, political party which lasted from 1849 to 1856. Nativism refers to the favoring of the interests of established inhabitants of an area as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants. It seems like the Bowery Boys were the muscle, used to get someone’s political message across.