Thirteenth Amendment * The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude‚ except as punishment for a crime. It was passed by the Senate on April 8‚ 1864‚ by the House on January 31‚ 1865‚ and adopted on December 6‚ 1865. On December 18‚ Secretary of State William H. Seward proclaimed it to have been adopted. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted after the American Civil War. Fourteenth Amendment * adopted on July
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police department. The movie’s main plot revolves around revenge and the feuding between the gangs controlling the Bowery and the Five Points area of lower Manhattan and culminates with the Civil War draft riots. The two major political parties‚ Tammany Hall (Democratic based) and the Native Americans (Know-Nothing Party)‚ used gangs as enforcers for the plundering of public funds and to gain control of the city. The movie is a fictional drama loosely based on actual historical events and figures
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Aki Mae Munoz Part 1 Timeline of Gangs in America 06-23-2013 Part 1 Timeline of Gangs in America Gangs started out as a way for people who were socially distinct to come together as a unit; most consisted of people who were of the same ethnic background‚ unfortunately crime was a way for these groups of people to even the odds. One of the first gangs recorded was in 1820 in New York and through time gangs have become most predominant in four areas; New York‚ Chicago‚ Los Angeles and Mexico
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is removed every time it appears in various forms(colors). But‚ humorously‚ none of these scare the Otises in the least. In fact‚ upon hearing the clanking noises in the hallway‚ Mr. Otis promptly gets out of bed and pragmatically offers the ghost Tammany Rising Sun Lubricator to oil his chains. Despite Sir Simon’s attempts to appear in the most gruesome guises‚ the family refuses to be frightened‚ and Sir Simon feels increasingly helpless and humiliated. When Mrs. Otis notices a mysterious red mark
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Flash forward to the hot summer of 1863‚ the height of the Civil War. New York City was seething with racial and religious resentment‚ and on July 13th when government officials attempted to enforce the draft‚ tensions erupted into a four day streak of mayhem‚ murder‚ and racism‚ with Irish working men spearheading the movement. The Enrollment Act called for the conscription of all males between the ages of 20-45 to fight for the Union‚ with the exception of the wealthiest‚ who could afford the $300
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Carolina Rodriguez POL 103 Final Exam 1 A) Andrew Mark Cuomo born December 6‚ 1957 is the 56th and current Governor of New York‚ He was the 64th New York State Attorney General‚ and was the 11th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Born in Queens‚ New York‚ he is the son of Mario Cuomo‚ the 52nd Governor of New York (1983–1994). A member of the Democratic Party‚ he was a top aide to his father during his 1982 campaign for Governor. Andrew Cuomo was appointed to the Department
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"The way to have power is to take it"(Martin). was said by one of the most corrupt politicians to ever walk the face of the earth‚ William Tweed. His name itself is a symbol of civic corruption‚ due to all the money he stole from New York and his methods of madness. Along the way‚ there was a cartoonist who had a keen insight to his dishonesty and eventually exposed him. William Tweed was ultimately brought down by the media. William Marcy Tweed came from the humbling background of Richard and
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don’t see no Americans. I see trespassers. Irish‚ who do jobs for a nickel...that niggers do for a dime...and a white man used to get a quarter for.” On the other hand‚ members of the Tammany Hall political machine are at the boarding area welcoming the immigrants with soup and handing them name cards to “Vote Tammany”. In addition to all this‚ military recruiters are also present on the scene. They pass out citizenship documents and ask the newly arrived immigrants to fight for their country. The
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Tammany Hall of the late 19th century was -a democratic political machine that controlled New York City politics Which of the following is most related to the oil industry? -John D. Rockefeller The Credit Mobilier scandal involved what business? -Railroad Which author is credited with coining the term Gilded Age? -Mark Twain The Pendleton Act was in response to the -assassination of President Garfield In the last third of the nineteenth century‚ steel became a more widely used material
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New York City Draft Riots of 1863 In September of 1862‚ President Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation. This was to take effect on January 1‚ 1863; this document was what freed the slaves in states that were still in rebellion with the Union. At the time the Emancipation Proclamation was not what New Yorkers wanted to see embraced. In March of 1863‚ a form of a stricter draft law was formed. The law required all male citizens between twenty and thirty-five
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