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| What was the first name of New York City? |
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| When was New York City founded as a small town |
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| By what immigrants was it founded? What country? |
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| Dutch, from the netherlands |
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| What was the second wave of immigrants? |
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| List the five flows of immigrants |
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| Dutch, British, Irish, Italian/Jews, African Americans |
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| When was the name changed to New York City |
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| Was New York City the first U.S. Capital? |
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| Good Harbor/Port, Lots of Immigrants sailing in. |
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| When was the Statue of Liberty made. |
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| Who designed the Statue of Liberty |
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| Who's idea was the twin towers? |
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| Who was the Architect of the twin towers? |
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| Who was the engineer of the twin towers? |
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| How many years did it take to build the twin towers? |
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| Why did people protest the twin towers? |
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| The look very industrialized/ruined the skyline/ extrmemly man made-looking |
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North and South Towers were built in the same year.
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Engineering the twin towers was more difficult then the architecture?
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When was the great depression?
What was the main cause? |
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| What president helped the US recover during the depression? |
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| Who was the president during WWII? |
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| What Helped us recover from the Great Depression? |
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| When did the US Capital move to DC |
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| Which country is totally Carbon Free? |
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St. Johns Queens campus has the student community garden?
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Why was Ellis Island on an island?
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There is enough legal and affordable housing in NYC for Immigrants and the Homeless?
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Making Drugs legal will increase the drug consumption
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| Why is it called Wall St. |
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| There used to be a wall on the upper-side of Manhattan. |
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| Two Best Harbors in the World? |
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| Hong Kong and New York City |
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| What are the 5 Boroughs of NYC? |
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Queens
Staten Island
Manhattan
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Brooklyn |
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| How are the Tutsi and the Hutu recognize each other? |
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| Tutsi are taller and have thinner noses. |
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| How long has Ellis Island been around? |
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