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Chelsea

I live in the Chelsea District of Manhattan, New York. “The industrialization of western Chelsea brought immigrant populations from many countries to work in the factories, including a large number of Irish immigrants, who dominated work on the Hudson River … Continue reading

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Protest Songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3L6uyxBPFc&feature=fvwrel This video shows a protest against the Vietnam War and how the people reacted and/or handled the situation. I think one major difference about protests from then and now is how authority was able to handle  certain situations. For example, … Continue reading

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Changes During WWII

1. Unemployment decreased; A decrease in unemployment is the most important change to me because once the Great Depression hit, a lot of people lost their jobs and the unemployment rates were really high. So a decrease shows a major … Continue reading

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Depression

When the Great Depression hit, no one was expecting it because for the most part, everyone was doing well during the roaring twenties. The Great Depression had a large impact on everyone in the work force and caused a major … Continue reading

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Attraction

Within the reading of Chudacoff he discusses how the publishers of newspapers and magazines try to attract readers by “exposing the scandals and injustices of contemporary society” (Chudacoff 154). When I was reading about it I thought that the idea … Continue reading

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Gangs In New York

In a way, I’m kind of looking forward to watching the movie because I think that it’s going to give me a better representation of the 5 Points than what the readings gave me. When I read the book and … Continue reading

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Website

If I was to create a website about immigration, I would create it as simple as possible. It would be simple because I wouldn’t want my viewers to seem confused or to find it complicated when they are navigating through it. … Continue reading

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Upgrade

During the 19th century, everywhere in America was beginning to expand in every aspect. The population was increasing and that caused there to be greater distances between people and places that they needed to get to. New York advanced in … Continue reading

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Draft Riots

Although the reading and the website does not both settle on the exact same ideas about why the riots began, you can tell that they both have the same outcomes and similar comparisons. Through the website you can easily tell … Continue reading

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Slavery

At the beginning they show a lot of picture and give a lot of facts about slavery, and how it was wrong… but then it shows New York as a somewhat of a safe place, where slaves that wanted freedom could go and … Continue reading

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