Answer each of the following questions in 3-4 complete sentences:
Why does Chapter 6 focus on the Fifth Avenue Hotel? What does Bird suggest was so important about it?
Besides soldiers, how else did New York City contribute to the Civil War?
Why, exactly, were there riots in New York City in the summer of 1863?
What was the most interesting thing you learned in these chapters, and why? Briefly describe and discuss.
Bonus question: How did Americans invent the concept of the hotel?
