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46 Cards in this Set
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Adriaen Van der Donck |
Landowner and namesake of yonkers, Promoted immigration to colony, Central figure of Shorto's Island, Campaigned for local government and protested Peter as part of advisory board |
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Peter Stuyvesant |
Dutch director general of New Netherlands, expanded island beyond tip of manhattan, surrendered city to english, build several city projects wall street, canal, broadway |
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Alexander Hamilton |
Elected to new york congress but resigned to practice law, founded bank of new york, hated aaron burr who eventually killed him in a duel |
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DeWitt Clinton |
Served as governor of new york, responsible for building of eerie canal, believed in infrastructure improvements |
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Frederick Law Olmstead |
Father of american landscape architecture, designed and pushed for Central Park, wanted publicly accessible municipal parks |
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Lydia Maria Child |
American abolitionist, women's rights activist ???New York??? |
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Walt Whitman |
Much of his writing career in NYC, wrote and edited for a couple of publications ???NY??? |
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Erie Canal |
Canal connecting hudson (at Albany) to Buffalo NY at lake erie |
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Black Maria |
Early police van used to round up lawbreakers, including prostitutes |
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Washington Roebling |
American civil engineer who worked on building the brooklyn bridge, which his father designed. Fought in american civil war |
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Wampum |
Shell beads of eastern woodlands tribes of north america |
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Battle of Brooklyn Heights |
Defeat of continental army under Washington by the british, first major battle after declaration of independence; washington flanked, barely able to retreat with army |
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Prison Ships |
Ships that british kept prisoners on during revolutionary war, terrible conditions and many died aboard |
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African Burial Grounds |
1690's to 1794, free and enslaved africans buried in 6.6 acre burial ground in lower manhattan, now a park/monument |
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Metropolitan Board of Health |
Board of health established in NYC to help fight off cholera outbreaks, first modern municipal health authority in 1866 |
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Tammany Hall |
Political organization, democratic part political machine that controlled nyc elections until ~1930's, helped immigrants (especially irish) gain political traction |
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William M. Tweed |
Boss of "Tammany Hall," had a lot of influence in the city as an appointer member of a bunch of different boards including railroads, banks, etc. eventually convicted on corruption charges |
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Bowery Girls |
Bowery factory girl portrayed as asserting her claim on the social fabric and scene of nyc, written about in City of Women as mischievous, energetic |
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Leisler’s Rebellion |
Jacob Leisler seized control of new york colony's south and ruled it for two years before royal authority restored in 1691 |
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Great Negro Plot of 1741 |
Supposed plot by slaves and poor whites to level new york with fires, largely based on testimony of a young irish indentured servant, led to over 100 executions or exiles |
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Triangle Shirt Waist Company |
146 garment workers died when a building caught on fire and workers were unable to escape because they were locked in, supposedly led to working condition reform |
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Draft Riots |
Violent disturbances in nyc where working class protested laws to draft for civil war, largest civil and racial insurrection in history, turned into a race riot with irish attacking and killing blacks |
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Flushing Remonstrance |
1657 petition to Stuyvesant in which citizens requested an exemption to his ban on quaker worship, |
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Five Points |
Slid from middle-class homes built to sprawling disease ridden slum, wastewater from buisnesses along pond made water contaminated, eventually filled in with poorly engineered landfill |
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Irish Immigration |
Poor living conditions in Ireland in 1820's and in potato famine led to influx of immigrants to nyc, ended up in crowded and subdivided homes. faced persecution |
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Cholera Outbreaks |
Three large cholera outbreaks in nyc, only third was well handled (1866) led to reform of public health |
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Potter’s Field |
Common grave for burial of unknown or impoverished persons |
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Emma Lazarus |
American poet in NYC, wrote a sonnet "The New Colossus" which is one a bronze plaque at the base of the statue of liberty |
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Coney Island |
Iconic place of recreation for NYC; peaks in early 1900's, everything available for a nickel, easily accessible for everyone |
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Henry Hudson |
Tried to find northwest passage, instead found hudson river, found shelter of bay in New York, identified it as a perfect harbor to his dutch employers |
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General Slocum Disaster |
1904, passenger fair carrying a bunch of churchgoers, predominantly women and children, caught fire. Many died, company got away mostly unpunished |
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Black Ball Line |
Black ball line was initially a series of four packet ships, quaker owned, running service in between liverpool, london and nyc, ???Regular service??? |
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Streetcar/Trolley car |
Form of public transit, made it easier for people to live away from where they worked, middle class moved out along streetcar and trolley lines |
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Tompkins Square Riot of 1874 |
Thousands of unemployed in east village demonstrated, wanted government to help ease depression, put down by police. Led to reform about laws governing protesting |
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Dumb-bell tenements |
Tenements build to conform to a law requiring a window to open air be available in every inhabitable room |
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George E. Waring, Jr. |
Agricultural and drainage and sanitation engineer, was in charge of drainage for construction of central park, eventually became (1894) street commissioner of NYC |
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Lenape |
Native american tribe that the original dutch settlers traded with, place names like manhattan were adopted by dutch and english |
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Family wage economy |
Wage standards meant to be enough to support a family, reinforces traditional family values |
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Jacob Astor |
Buisnessman, real estate person, inventor, built the Astoria hotel and member of Astor family |
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Commissioner’s Plan of 1811 |
Original plan for NYC urban layout, puts manhattan above 14th street into a grid formation. Central park not a part of it because wasn't conceived of until 1853 |
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Robert Fulton |
Built first commercial steamboat, carried passenders from NYC to Albany in 32 hours, was a member of the erie canal commission |
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Greenwood Cemetery |
Originally built as a rural cemetery, now a big prestigious cemetery |
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Joseph Pulitzer |
Jewish, newspaper publisher, introduced the technique of new journalism (also yellow journalism), leading figure in democratic party, elected congressman, crusaded against big business and corruption and helped keep statue of liberty in NY |
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Horace Greeley |
Was an american newspaper editor, abolitionist. Founded new york tribune, used to promote whig and republican parties |
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William Cullen Bryant |
Romantic poet, journalist, editor and chief for new york eventing post, was an early supporter of organized labor, critic of slavery, defender of minorities and immigrants |
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Horatio Alger |
Prolific author, wrote about impoverished boys finding success, his novel explores rags to riches narrative. Generally bravery and honesty bring boy to attention of wealthy gentlemen, focused on poor in NYC |