Summary Of New York City In The 19th Century
10/5/11
Chapter 1: The first chapter mainly talks about the condition of New York city in the 19th century, and what school systems were started. New York City was the leading commercial center of the new American nation. New York was mostly made up of white Protestants of Dutch or English descent. As immigrants came in, crime went up because immigrants were looked down upon, and were poor, so they were basically pushed into crime as there was little in the way of a job and a reasonable pay for them. NYC was not a great place to live if you were poor, and it was especially hard for most poor children as there was really no public school. Only children of the rich or middle class went to private pay schools. And some churches held
Chapter 1: The first chapter mainly talks about the condition of New York city in the 19th century, and what school systems were started. New York City was the leading commercial center of the new American nation. New York was mostly made up of white Protestants of Dutch or English descent. As immigrants came in, crime went up because immigrants were looked down upon, and were poor, so they were basically pushed into crime as there was little in the way of a job and a reasonable pay for them. NYC was not a great place to live if you were poor, and it was especially hard for most poor children as there was really no public school. Only children of the rich or middle class went to private pay schools. And some churches held