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bye bye ecuador

My great grandmother, grandma, and sisters immigrated to New York from Quito Ecuador around the time period of the 1960’s. My grandma was around 20 years old. Binder (p4) states that “Women predominated in this immigration stream, as they did in … Continue reading

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No one is a winner, everyone must loose

The Byrds was a group from the 1960’s.  Pete Seeger was responsible for writting this song. He took passages from the book of Ecclesiastes, which is in the bible. The song Turn Turn Turn! was released in 1962. It is … Continue reading

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America is back to work

1. World war II 2.Women in the Labor Force 3.Minorities gaining equality 4.Government housing for the poor and funding for the highways 5. The Rise of retail development I feel that the most important event that occured between 1941 and … Continue reading

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Social Security Act

Due to the Great Depression many people were crying out for jobs and security. In August 1935 the Social Security Act was passed. It was favored by the people over other relief agencies.  It basically created programs for the elderly, … Continue reading

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religious and moral reform….

In the late 1800’s Protestant groups consisting of older men reformed their religious mission due to the social crisis and labor struggles that were occuring. There was a Social Gospel that portrayed the human aspects of Christianity. As said in … Continue reading

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Bill the butcher…

Bill “the butcher” Cutting plays a gang leader in mid-nineteenth century in New York.  He is a crime boss and has great influence in politics and decisions that are made. He is a ruler of the natives, of New York. … Continue reading

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facts, games and a tour

If I had unlimited budget for a website, focusing on immigration I would use a variety of of visualizations, facts,a  game and a virtual tour of the whole website. I would definitely break the site up into a few different … Continue reading

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immigration and the hardships

Chudacoff and Binder have to different approaches of how they choose to write about immigration. Chudacoff took a generalization of everything and Binder basically broke it down. Chudacoff gave lots of detail. He basically explained everything immigrants were going through … Continue reading

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choo choo… steam railroads

During the middle of the nineteenth century steam railroads were introduced. Steam engines had the ability to do the work of a hundred horses, which was a huge advancement for them. The first railroads were designed for long distances, unlike … Continue reading

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Death toll = 119

The website and reading from Bernstein both had useful information.  I like the website because it focused on main points and gave you like a brief summary on what occured. The reading however had alot more detail which i found … Continue reading

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