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Platanos! Platanos! 4 por un dolar!

(plantains! plantains! 4 for a dollar!) My siblings and I were born in New York, being the only generation of children in my family to be born in the United States.  My parents are both from the Dominican Republic, coming … Continue reading

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Songs of Protest

The first one is “You Know It Ain’t right” by Little Bob and the Lollipops.  This song is in protest for the Civil Rights Act.  During the ’50s and ’60s, as we all know, it’s the time where great change … Continue reading

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And the winner to the most important change is…..

1.  More opportunities to work arose.  This is very important because although wars are negative, this was a positive impact.  in 1944, during the war’s peak, less than 2 percent of the population were jobless.  This helps stimulate the economy … Continue reading

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We want change!

When the Great Depression hit the cities, major chaos was created.  One of those were the rise of protests.  An uproar of protests started to rise, for numerous situations.  Some people were fighting for their jobs or homes while others … Continue reading

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On with the temperance movement!

From after the Civil war to the late nineteenth century, a temperance movement started to rise. People felt that conditions in cities could still be improved there weren’t as many saloons.  There were too many saloons in the cities.  The … Continue reading

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Production of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that depicts the horrors that slavery produced.  Since there wasn’t many copyright laws, people produced the book.   According to many historians, this book “laid the groundwork for the Civil War.”  … Continue reading

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www.newopportunities.org

Making a website about immigration to NYC would be too broad; therefore, I would make a specific one about reasons why different groups of people came here.  All people had different reasons for leaving their homeland.  Some for religious reasons, … Continue reading

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Neutral vs Indepth Look at Slavery

In the website “Slavery in New York”, information about slavery is looked in a neutral manner.  It looks at the occurrences in a historical point of view, without taking sides if it was positive or negative.  To prove this manner, … Continue reading

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Where did you get that from?

1. The eleventh annual report of the New York Association for improving the condition of the poor-  This would be a primary source because this annual report is from the actual time period, not written from the years after it … Continue reading

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Learning is the Key to Life

In the early 19th century, the existing states decided to created a educational system to prevent people from defying and keeping them in ‘social class order'(Chudacoff 52).  The first state to lead the pack was Bo ston in 1818. I … Continue reading

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