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Who is an explorer under Dutch contract?
What is Henry Hudson
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Why did the British have an advantage during the American Revolution?
What is use of Hudson Valley as an avenue to attack
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How did the end of the American Revolution bring a new beginning to the city?
What is new generation of leaders came to a local power.
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Why was the Civil War the turning point in New York’s history?
Stimulated manufacturing. NYC became an industrial giant making it as significant as commerce and banking.
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During the time period from 1945 – 1968, how did the United States experience the largest and longest economic boom?
What is building and expansion, economy became less reliant on manufacturing jobs.
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Who hoped to establish a base for trading operations in North America, where they lacked vital presence and made their biggest profits by trading sugar from the west indies, spices and other agricultural commodities from asia, and slaves from africa.
What is the Dutch
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Suggest 5 reasons for New York developing a scandalous reputation.
What is Many gambled, Very little churches and school districts, Bad economy, Many men who left, Small number of wealthy families dominated.
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What were Dewitt Clinton’s accomplishments?
What is the Erie canal, and developed the “Grid Plan”
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Why did the end of the Civil War bring an industrial boom to the city making it the financial nerve center of the nation and the pioneering leader in the new global economic trends?
What is an industrial boom to the city because immigrants poured in from Europe and population grew to meet labor needs.
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Why were the 1970s considered one of the worst decades in NYC history?
The city was forced to lay off tens of thousands of workers and had cut millions of dollars in public services. New Yorkers social welfare net which had experienced uninterrupted growth since the beginning of the century, seemed on the verge of collapse. The homeless population skyrocketed, and social ills mushroomed.
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What is the gender of the majority of its population?
What is young, unmarried men.
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What was the main purpose of The Dutch West Indies Company?
What is to come to NY and make money
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Why was NY so significant to Washington?
What is it was his top priority and he had all of his army and militia there
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What were the ups and downs of the Roaring Twenties?
What is financial, commercial, and industrial growth, France and Great Britain owed them debt, New York was the banking capital, job growths. Pros- industrial growth Cons- prohibition
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Discuss how, during the 1980s, NYC saw several changes in the economy and its population
What is New york's economy recovered gradually and unevenly after 1982. Its harbor and railway system had collapsed beyond recovery, and its manufacturing base had all but disappeared. But wall street enjoyed 2 spectacular rallier bringing lots of money and business to the city. New technologies and global expansion led to new and often spectacular growth in New York's communications advertising, retailing and marketing industries.
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Who was sent to govern when a growing reputation for a sin and moral decadence and failed to achieve profit margins?
What is Peter Stuyvesant
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Explain why the colony of New York developed an open immigration policy.
What is New York was developing an open immigration policy to hold the colony against potential rivals
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Why was Alexander Stewart important to NYC?
What is the department store
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Why did the Great Depression jolt New York City more than any other event in its history?
What is Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost jobs, New York became the largest liberal state.
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What was one of the result of Stuyvesant's rule?
What is a wall OR fort OR docks OR ferry service
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How did the open immigration policy result in ethnic diversity?
What is open immigration policies were enacted and diversity became more differentiated.
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What are the three conditions that contributed to the rise of “Boss Rule” in NYC from 1830 – 1930?
What is Spread of popular democracy that mobilized urban masses, The need for rapidly growing cities to construct modern infrastructure, The arrival of record # of immigrants
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How did World War II stimulate New York’s economy?
What is World War II stimulated New York bc it was easy to defend, it improved the economy.