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58 Cards in this Set
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What is Max Weber's Theory?
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-all minds, hearts, and social action live under authority
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Definition of Authority
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-someone or something that has the right (or takes the right) to govern or control our lives
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How did Max Weber see NYC?
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-as a combination of materialism and idealism that restlessly combined with and contricted each other in individual hearts and cultural panoplies
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What were 3 Religious conflicts in NYC?
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-dutch reformed oppression of other religions
-great school wars between protestants and catholics -protestant-catholic political-moral wars |
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What was the largest religious gathering in NYC?
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-billy grahams central park gathering (1991)
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What were 3 reorientations of catholicism in NYC?
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-vast irish population gave new york catholicism an irish lilt that offended italians who were arriving
-the churches adjustment to the italians laid way for todays roman catholic immigrants, most who are from spanish speaking countries -parish leaders now have the ability to conduct religious services in multiple languages |
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What are the 3 identities that Robert Carle tried to rebound the protestant decline with?
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-liberal
-traditionalist -evangelical |
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What was the major turning point in prompting the rebound of protestantism after its decline?
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-post-Civil rights generation
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What is the reason why NYC has not always been a site of massive conversions and religious switching?
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-there is an overlap of deeply held ethnic identities and religious affiliation
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What percentage of NYC is immigrant?
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-more then 1/3
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True or False: Representatives of NYC religions are very similar to the representatives of the religion in the nation they came from.
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-False
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What is the largest religious domination in NYC?
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-roman catholicism
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What was Karl Marx's theory of religion?
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- narcotic that numbs the pain of poor people at the expense of blinding them to the sources of their oppression, capitalism
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What is a reason that there are so many different versions of each religion in NYC?
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-New Yorkers of all classes and religions feel oppressed. Different religions try to draw them by telling them what they want to hear.
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What is the reason that there are gender conflicts within religions?
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-the prevalence of american egalitarianism
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What are 4 problems with studying religious identification and various data sources regarding affiliation?
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-the restrictions on asking people about their religious affiliation
-the unclear definition of religion -the inconsistency of peoples' religious identity -the changing pattern of immigration and the religious composition of new immigrants |
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What is the underlying problem with studying religious identification and various data sources regarding affiliation?
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-lack of data
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Who was new york discovered by?
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-Henry Hudson of England
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Who was new york city founded by?
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-The dutch
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What is the significance of the Dutch?
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-they only cared about making money
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True or False: There are more languages spoken in NYC then any place in the world.
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-True
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True or False: by the end of the 19th century, New York was settling down and slowly expanding.
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-False
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What are 2 commodities that the Dutch relied on?
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-sugar
-slaves |
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How many years did the dutch arrive after hudson?
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-15 years
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What was the company that owned new york when the dutch took control?
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-Dutch West India Company
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True or False: Most of the first colonists were not dutch; they were french speaking belguns.
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-True
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What was the price that the Dutch bought Manhattan for?
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-$600
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What was the first name of New York when the dutch owned it?
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-New Amsterdam
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What was the commodity that the dutch profitted off of?
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-Beaver skins
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What was the event that prompted the city to grow very currupt under dutch rule?
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-when the dutch killed the indians
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Who was Peter Stybisun?
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-the dutchmen who had strict orders to clean up new amsterdam (ran it like a dictator).... he fixed the
city and helped develope it |
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How did Peter Stybisun nullify the worker shortage?
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he let in almost anybody to work; however, he feared that New york would become too diverse to rule
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Why did many jews come to new york in 1654?
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-they tried to make their way away from the spanish inquisition; however sybisuns plead to keep them out and was rejected
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What marked the first seperation between church and state?
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-when the first rashashana took place in New Ampsterdam
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What were 2 reasons that new york did not stay dutch for long?
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-they were surrounded by the british
-new york was too diverse |
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What was the reaction of stybisun to the british presence?
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-her surrendered new ampsterdam
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Where did stybisun retire?
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-in future grenage village
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What was the reason that the english renamed new ampsterdam?
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-in honor of the english duke of york
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How did the british deal with native americans?
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-the aggressively destroyed them
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What was the british name for brooklyn?
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-Kings
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What was the british name for statin island?
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-richards island
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What trading route did new york become a part of?
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-the triangle trade route
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Who build wall street and how?
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-african americans built it with profits from slavery
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True or False: Slavery did not exist in new york.
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-False: in 1741, there was a series of mysterious fires all over the city (slave rebellion)
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True or False: many mideval tortures were reinvented to punish the slaves
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-True
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What was the immigrant, alexander hamilton's intent in comming to new york?
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-he tried to convince new yorkers to break away from england
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True or False: 80% of mahattan fled at the start of the revolution.
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-True
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True or False: the british landing at manhattan was the largest landing in british history next to normandy.
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-True
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Where was the Declaration of Independence first read aloud?
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-Manhattan
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Where was the largest british military garrison in the empire during the revolution?
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-Manhattan
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What is the main reason why when we think of american history, we do not think of new york?
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-it was burned down by the british
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Where was the first capital of the united states?
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-New York
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What deal did hamilton and jefferson make?
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-they made a deal to move the capital to washington if hamilton could bring business in to incurr the national debt
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What began the new york stock exchange?
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-the spur of new businesses
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Why did Washington Irving write a fictional book on the history of NYC?
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-to compete with european cities
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Who was Dwight Clinton
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-famous mayor of NYC who finished laying the foundation to the modern city... created the grid of manhattan by plowing it... he also created the erie canal
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How clinton raise the money to build the erie canal?
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-he used public funds to attract private investors
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How did the erie canal partially pay for itself?
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-clinton kept it partially open until it was fully completed
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