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100
Under Dutch contract, this person was an explorer who promoted the potential of the grand harbor in which thousands of ships could find safety in during the 1600's.
Who is Henry Hudson?
100
How was the land of New York purchased from the Indians?
What is NY was purchased with 60 guilders?
100
This was the gender majority of New York for financial aspriation reasons.
What is unmarried, single males?
100
This is why the Civil War was the turning point in NY's history.
What is the sudden need for war and weapon manufacturing created jobs, stimulated the economy, and mustered morale?
100
During the 1980s, how did NYC see changes in the economy and it's population?
What is there was a shift from dependence of manufacturing to services and finance boosting the economy and the population increased after a dramatic drop from the 1970s?
200
In the early 1820's, The author of "The History of New York".
Who is Washinton Irving?
200
What was the initial attraction to the Dutch to settling in New Amsterdam?
What is trading for furs from the Native Americans?
200
What are three conditions that contributed to the rise of “Boss Rule” in NYC from 1830 – 1930?
What is the spread of democracy which mobilized the urban masses, the need for rapidly growing cities to build modern infrastructures, and the arrival of unprecedented amounts of immigrants seeking employment and in need of being assimilated.
200
How did the end of the American Revolution bring a new beginning to the city?
What is New York became temporarily the capital of the United States and the nerve center politics and finance?
200
Why were the 1970s considered one of the worst decades in US history?
What is extreme drug use, skyrocketing crime rates, and a divided nation over Civil Rights?
300
This person opened NYC's first department store changing retail forever.
Who is Alexander Stewart?
300
This was the major administrative organization of New York that occurred in 1686?
What is the formation of Kings, Queens, and Richmond counties (Brooklyn, Long Island, and Staten Island)?
300
Why did the Great Depression jolt New York City more than any other event in its history?
What is it caused the Stock Market to crash, most lost their jobs, and people were living in poverty?
300
This is how World War II stimulated New York's economy.
What is it pulled us out of the Great Depression by stimulating the economy from creating jobs to manufacture and export supplies for the war?
300
What were the results of Stuyvesant's rule?
What is the population of New Amsterdam expanded from 2,000 to 8,000 of people from many countries and backgrounds, trade flourished, many schools were started, and a sense of law and order was established in the community?
400
This person founded the grid system for the map of Manhattan and also built the Erie Canal.
Who Dewitt Clinton?
400
How did the Dutch West Indies Company contribute to the initial establishment of New Amsterdam?
What is they set up shop in New Amsterdam and started economy through trade of sugar and spices for furs and attracted other boats into the ports?
400
Name 3 out of 5 reasons for New York's scandalous reputation.
What is drinking, prostitution, organized crime, gambling, and corruption.
400
Why did the ending of the Civil War bring an industrial boom to the city making it the financial center of the nation and the pioneering leader in the new global economic trends?
What is as the amount of factories in the city increased, waves of immigrants poured in from Europe annually meeting labor needs. The trend toward amassment and vast credit supplies was effectively stimulated by the Civil War thus creating a new economic trends.
400
How did the US experience the largest/longest economic boom from 1945-1968?
What is the continued military expansion from the cold war and the emergence of shopping centers in and around suburban areas?
500
This person was sent by the Dutch to be the governor of New Amsterdam and proved to make very positive improvements.
Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
500
Why did the colony of New York develop an open immigration policy and how did such result in ethnic diversity?
What is to attract settlers no matter their ethnic background or religious beliefs which brought unique mix of people and cultures to New York.
500
Name some of the ups and downs of the Roaring Twenties.
What is ups of the Roaring Twenties including Fitzgerald's writing of "The Great Gatsby", the Nineteenth Amendment, Suffragist movement began, Yankee Stadium is built, imposed immigration quotas, and soaring economy. Downs included an overproduction of cotton, Tennessee schoolteacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching evolution, Stock Market crash, and St. Valentine's Day massacre.
500
Why did the British have an advantage during the American Revolution and why was NY so significant to Washington?
What is the British advantage was they took NYC temporarily which was significant because New York was an easy access to the water system and if conquered by the British, it could easily cut off New England from the rest of the colonies thus severing the army.
500
Name five of the building types initially developed when NYC was established.
What is religious buildings, educational buildings, residential buildings, agricultural buildings, and military buildings?