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New York City: Immigration and Rapid Urban Growth (c. 1840–1920)

New York City: Immigration and Rapid Urban Growth (c. 1840–1920)

  1. New York City reaches about 391,000 residents

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  2. Croton Aqueduct opens, expanding city water supply

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  3. Castle Garden opens as immigrant receiving depot

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  4. Central Park construction begins

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  5. New York City exceeds one million residents

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  6. Draft riots erupt amid wartime labor tensions

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  7. First elevated railway opens in Manhattan

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  8. Tenement House Act drives “Old Law” designs

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  9. Brooklyn Bridge opens, linking major population centers

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  10. Castle Garden closes as federal control expands

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  11. Ellis Island opens as federal immigration station

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  12. Ellis Island station fire forces processing shift

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  13. Greater New York consolidation creates five-borough city

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  14. New Ellis Island main building opens

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  15. Tenement House Department begins enforcement era

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  16. New York City Subway opens

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  17. Ellis Island records busiest day of 1907 peak

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  18. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire sparks safety reforms

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  19. Immigration Act introduces literacy test and restrictions

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  20. New York City reaches 5,620,048 residents in 1920

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