The movie begins in New York‚ in 1843‚ with a gang fight. Bill "the butcher" Cutting’s gang of "nativists" have challenged the "dead rabbits" (a gang of mostly Irish immigrants) to a fight to settle once and for all who is the most powerful gang in the area. After an intense battle the "nativists" win by killing the leader of the "dead rabbits"‚ also Amsterdam’s (the main character’s) father. Amsterdam is then led into an orphanage where he grows to be a man‚ all while Bill Cutting runs the Five
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The Civil War‚ one of the most brutal and bloody wars in US History ended in 1865‚ and left the country in ruin. Abraham Lincoln‚ the president of the U.S at the time came up with the plan to re-build the country after the war. He called it Reconstruction Plan. The Reconstruction Plan was put to use right after the war in 1865 and ended in 1877. Within the Reconstruction Plan‚ Lincoln offered a model for reinstatement of Southern states called the 10 percent Reconstruction plan. And also‚ during
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William Randolph Hearst George Hearst‚ William’s father was born in 1820 on a frontier plantation in Franklin‚ Missouri. George’s father died when he was 26. George was a very hard worker and loved his family very much. He worked odd jobs and in mines to pay off his fathers debt and to take care of his mother‚ sister and little brother. Mining fascinated young George and even though he could barely read he dwelled into geology books to learn more. In 1848 word started to spread like wildfire
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Chapter 7: Immigrants and Urbanization Section 1: The New Immigrants I. Through the Golden Door A. Immigrants wanted to escape famine‚ land shortages (pop of Europe doubled in 100 years)‚ religious‚ and/or political persecution (Russia drives out Jews)‚ and some intended to earn money and return home (birds of passage) 1. Old immigrants: 1800 – 1880 10 million immigrants came from northern and western Europe (GB‚ Ireland‚ Germany‚ Scandinavian countries)
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English 111 December 5‚ 2011 Police brutality Police brutality is one of the most serious and divisive human rights violations in the United States and it occurs in every community. The job of a police officer is to maintain public order‚ prevent‚ and detect crime. They are engaged in a dangerous and stressful occupation that can involve violent situations that must be controlled. In many of these confrontations with the public it may become necessary for the police to administer force to take
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in our modern government system of democracy. One point that Sinclair exaggerates though to help make the novel have more meaning‚ is that these political machines were not always as corrupt and wild as stated‚ there were some such as New York’s Tammany Hall organization‚ that was well structured and at times improved urban infrastructure‚ but this case is rare and more of an exception rather than the rule.9 However fortunate Jurgis was to have this position‚ his life always got worse‚ this is scene
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1920’s- Did it truly roar? The roaring twenties were a period of excitement and wealth which also served as a façade that covered all the negatives which are often ignored. These negatives included a growing loss of civil liberties‚ massive amounts of xenophobia and racism‚ crime as a result of religious fundamentalism‚ and the abandonment of progressivism and a movement towards isolationism. The 1920’s were a period of economic boom‚ new culture and emerging technologies. New ideas surfaced
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John Etefia Tomek Research Paper The New York City Draft Riots that took place July 13-16 of 1863 during the Civil War are considered the largest civil insurrection in the American History. The riots started off as a protest against the Conscription Act passed in March of 1863‚ which made all single men age 20-45 and married men up to 35 were subject to the draft lottery. The part of the Conscription Act that really caused an uproar was not only the fact that it forced men to go and fight in
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Eduardo Garcia U.S. History 102 Mon/Wed: 8-920a.m. 9/11/2014 Paper 1 The Power of Cartoons It was a dark and confusing time‚ towards the end of the Civil War. The Union would soon find out how unprepared they were once the Reconstruction Phase started. There were many issues that needed to be handled‚ but the biggest one would be getting the Whites to accept African-Americans as citizens with rights. It was 1865‚ post-civil war‚ when Thomas Nast started to contribute to the views of public opinion
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A BRIEF SUMMARY OF FREEDOM WRITERS Freedom Writers is set in the 1990s and tells the story of a novice teacher’s interactions with a group of students in a Long Beach high school two years following the Los Angeles Riots. The film is based on the book The Freedom Writers Diaries: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them‚ a collection of essays compiled from the real experiences of Erin Gruwell (1999) and her students‚ known as the Freedom
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