... Manhattan and concludes with the Civil War draft riots. The two major political parties, Tammany Hall, which was Democratic based and the Native Americans which made up the Know-Nothing Party, used gangs as enforcers for the loot of public funds and to obtain control of the city. The movie opens with the preparation and the march of each opposing ... party to engage in a gory feud. Combat breaks out and knives were slung at one another, slaughtering a majority of the crowd. Amsterdam Vallon, a young boy at the time, watches as his ... new immigrants that were shipped over. The Five Po...

• Word Count: 535
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... Manhattan and concludes with the Civil War draft riots. The two major political parties, Tammany Hall, which was Democratic based and the Native Americans which made up the Know-Nothing Party, used gangs as enforcers for the loot of public funds and to obtain control of the city. The movie opens with the preparation and the march of each opposing ... party to engage in a gory feud. Combat breaks out and knives were slung at one another, slaughtering a majority of the crowd. Amsterdam Vallon, a young boy at the time, watches as his ... new immigrants that were shipped over. The Five Po...

• Word Count: 535
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... Manhattan and concludes with the Civil War draft riots. The two major political parties, Tammany Hall, which was Democratic based and the Native Americans which made up the Know-Nothing Party, used gangs as enforcers for the loot of public funds and to obtain control of the city. The movie opens with the preparation and the march of each opposing ... party to engage in a gory feud. Combat breaks out and knives were slung at one another, slaughtering a majority of the crowd. Amsterdam Vallon, a young boy at the time, watches as his ... new immigrants that were shipped over. The Five Po...

• Word Count: 535
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... Manhattan and concludes with the Civil War draft riots. The two major political parties, Tammany Hall, which was Democratic based and the Native Americans which made up the Know-Nothing Party, used gangs as enforcers for the loot of public funds and to obtain control of the city. The movie opens with the preparation and the march of each opposing ... party to engage in a gory feud. Combat breaks out and knives were slung at one another, slaughtering a majority of the crowd. Amsterdam Vallon, a young boy at the time, watches as his ... new immigrants that were shipped over. The Five Po...

• Word Count: 535
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... Manhattan and concludes with the Civil War draft riots. The two major political parties, Tammany Hall, which was Democratic based and the Native Americans which made up the Know-Nothing Party, used gangs as enforcers for the loot of public funds and to obtain control of the city. The movie opens with the preparation and the march of each opposing ... party to engage in a gory feud. Combat breaks out and knives were slung at one another, slaughtering a majority of the crowd. Amsterdam Vallon, a young boy at the time, watches as his ... new immigrants that were shipped over. The Five Po...

• Word Count: 535
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School