|
 |
|
 |
|
|
| | | | | | | |
|||||
| |
| Home » Topics » NCHS » 4 » 3 » A |
|
||||||||||||||||
| |
NCHS-4-3-A
The student understands the changing character of American political life in "the age of the common man"
Resources: The Five Points SlumResource Type: Primary Source Five Points, the great slum of antebellum New York, was located at the convergence of Worth, Baxter, and Park Streets in present-day lower Manhattan. Its residents suffered terribly during the cholera epidemic of 1832. Petition to Have the Five Points Opened Resource Type: Primary Source Merchants owning property along the periphery of Five Points petitioned the municipal government in 1829 to demolish the heart of the slum by widening and extending Anthony and Cross Streets. Urban Society: Central Park and Social Reform Resource Type: Document-Based Question This microhistory of Central Park in New York City provides students with a laboratory for learning how social reformers attempted to clean the city of its slums and promote the well-being of its residents. These tools can be applied to the study of any large city. | |
|
||||||||||||
| © Columbia University 2004 | Help | About | Subscribe | Feedback |
| CAHO is being provided to you for your own use. Any copying or distribution of CAHO materials is prohibited. |
