Tag Archives: New York City

My family: An Immigration Story

When people ask me what my nationality is, I always struggle to find a quick appropriate response. Initially I respond by saying I was born in California, but my mother is from Mexico City and my father is from Boston, Massachusetts. The … Continue reading

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“Bill the Butcher”

William “Bill the Butcher” Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis) was one of the main character in The Gangs of New York.  Per Wikipedia, his real name was William Poole. He was a member of the New York City gang, the Bowery Boys, … Continue reading

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Website!!!!

With the budget available, i should be able to create a decent website that gathers all the information about immigration. When going through the website, one should understand the story of Nnew York until the immigrants came. I would classify each ethnic group by race, … 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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New York City’s Unfortunate Past

Both www.slaveryinnewyork.org and the readings highlight the existence of slavery in New York City and its historical significance. I found the website to be more effective than the readings because of the emphasis on primary documents such as the excerpt … Continue reading

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Walking Your Life Away

Since the start of life, walking has been the primary form of transportation. The Native Americans did it. The Europeans did it. And YOU did it. To date, you walk to and from class, to and from work, and to … 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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and let the rioting begin

I choose to read start learning about the Riots in New York City from the material on the website. I noticed that is it only separated into four sections on the incident.  New York city/civil war in 1863, A city divided, the … 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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“Mermaids”, and other Marvels

I learned that Barnum’s museum was somewhat different than most of the mainstream museums of today, not only in the exhibits themselves, but the general layout of the museum. I could say that the items he displayed are somewhat similar … Continue reading

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