Pure hip hop emerged from 1970s block parties in New York City. ... toasting, traditional African-American entertainment, long, rhymed tales of great heroes, Stagger Lee and Jack Johnson among others (see dub) Dirty Dozens, stylized exchange of insults. "Signifying Monkey", long series of rhymed tales in which the weaker monkey triumphs through tricks over the more powerful beasts of the jungle, a ruder version of the Brer Rabbit stories. ... Late 1960s and early 70s poets like Gil Scott-Heron and the Last Poets jump rope and schoolyard rhymes, such as the following: One bright day i...

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This movie was a gruesome tale of lawlessness and the brutality of the gangs that dominated New York in the 1860's. ... 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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This movie was a gruesome tale of lawlessness and the brutality of the gangs that dominated New York in the 1860's. ... 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. ...

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

This movie was a gruesome tale of lawlessness and the brutality of the gangs that dominated New York in the 1860's. ... 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. ...

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

This movie was a gruesome tale of lawlessness and the brutality of the gangs that dominated New York in the 1860's. ... 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. ...

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

This movie was a gruesome tale of lawlessness and the brutality of the gangs that dominated New York in the 1860's. ... 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. ...

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