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History of NYC MidtermFlushing Remonstrance - answer Letter from residents to Peter Stuyvesant defending
Quakers, who had been banned from NYC. Drafted in 1657. Protection of minority
rights, evidence of NYC's early religious tolerance. Stuyvesant calls it seditious, arrests
authors.
Erie Canal - answer Governor DeWitt Clinton gets state to finance it, opens in 1825.
Revolutionizes transportation with route from Albany to Buffalo, transforms USA. Water
is cheapest, easiest way to move things, drops shipping prices. One of the most
successful public works projects ever until highways.
Croton Aqueduct - answer Designed by John B. Jervis in 1835. Gets mountain water to
a reservoir under Central Park. NYC now has one of the best water systems in the
world. Also improved hygiene and curbed disease.
General Slocum Fire - answer June 1904, largest loss of life in NYC history pre-9/11.
Wiped out mostly German population of Klein Deutschland. Rotten lifejackets,
inexperienced crew. Most were women and young children that died. Led to major
upgrade in safety regulations on the water, but we don't remember the actual incident
because of WWI + context.
1863 Draft Riots - answerMany white NYCers sympathetic to Confederate cause, racial
tension in NYC. Rich could buy their way out of draft for $300. Irish immigrants also
taken and made to fight right off the boat. Lincoln sends union soldiers to control city,
some straight from Gettysburg. Blacks murdered in the street.
Boss Tweed - answerBorn in NYC of Scottish descent, held multiple offices
complimenting each other: State Sen., Chair of Dems, Grand Sachem of Tammany
Hall. Took advantage of Irish but helped them, folk hero. City boss is uniquely American
because of decentralization and local government's power.
Dumbbell Tenement - answerHoused around 150 ppl, airless and dimly lit. Very dense
population, 1/6 of population on LES. Terrible health conditions, very little fresh air, but
ushers in "New Law" - Tenement House Act of 1901 prohibits more construction.
Improves quality of low-income housing, design controls.
A. T. Stewart - answerCreates department store at Broadway and Chambers. Now
there are pre-fit clothes, not tailored. Revolutionized retail, everything sold in one store.
Before dept. store, most business districts were for men. Now they are for women. See
Ladies' Mile.
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