The movie Gangs of New York takes place in mid-19th century in the Five Points district located inside of New York City. The Five Points area was built on what was known as the Collect Pond; the Five Points was a very important part of the movie because this is where everyone got their fresh water. Eventually, overtime due to the amount of people immigrating here the water started to become contaminated in a short period of time. In other words, it stunk, and the place was filled with disease. Nobody wanted to live there except the poorest of the poor. When the Irish began immigrating to the city due to the Great Irish famine, Irish immigrants began over piling into the Five Points and making the neighborhood their new home. One of the main
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He was extremely popular with the voters,
The Irish immigrants, who he promised jobs and assistance to win their votes, but did not really keep his word most of the time. Which led to the riots of the dead rabbits of 1857. The attitudes that were talked about like, anti-Irish sentiments, dissension about the Civil War among New York citizens and the attitudes towards the blacks by Nativists and Irish immigrants was abundant with historical realism. Although the movie was not completely 100% accurate, it portrays many truisms, but the differences between the movie and what happened in history are clear. It is very hard to imagine anti-Irish sentiments in America today, because of how diverse the population is today with many different cultures and religions there are in America. Concerning the real history of the gangs of New York, the movie genuinely was able to capture the hatred and distrust towards the Irish by many Americans at the time. In a scene in Gangs of New York where both William Tweed and Bill the Butcher were at the docks watching newly Irish immigrants walk off the ship on American soil, Tweed remarks new Americans being born. Bill the Butcher retorts, "I don't see no Americans. I see trespassers: Irish harps who would do a job for a nickel what a nigger does for a dime and what a white man use to get a quarter for." This quote in Gangs of New York was absolutely authentic to how many Americans at the time saw the Irish immigrants as a threat to many American jobs. Many Irish were willing to work for less than the free black labor force at the time. The quote from the movie
He was extremely popular with the voters,
The Irish immigrants, who he promised jobs and assistance to win their votes, but did not really keep his word most of the time. Which led to the riots of the dead rabbits of 1857. The attitudes that were talked about like, anti-Irish sentiments, dissension about the Civil War among New York citizens and the attitudes towards the blacks by Nativists and Irish immigrants was abundant with historical realism. Although the movie was not completely 100% accurate, it portrays many truisms, but the differences between the movie and what happened in history are clear. It is very hard to imagine anti-Irish sentiments in America today, because of how diverse the population is today with many different cultures and religions there are in America. Concerning the real history of the gangs of New York, the movie genuinely was able to capture the hatred and distrust towards the Irish by many Americans at the time. In a scene in Gangs of New York where both William Tweed and Bill the Butcher were at the docks watching newly Irish immigrants walk off the ship on American soil, Tweed remarks new Americans being born. Bill the Butcher retorts, "I don't see no Americans. I see trespassers: Irish harps who would do a job for a nickel what a nigger does for a dime and what a white man use to get a quarter for." This quote in Gangs of New York was absolutely authentic to how many Americans at the time saw the Irish immigrants as a threat to many American jobs. Many Irish were willing to work for less than the free black labor force at the time. The quote from the movie