2024-04-24T11:20:28Z https://www.classroom20.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=riots&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-05:649749:Video:469216 2010-05-05T16:19:17.701Z diane burrowes https://www.classroom20.com/profile/dianeburrowes

<a href="https://www.classroom20.com/video/the-bible-riots-of-1844"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="135" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1940681714?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=135" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>In May 1844, Philadelphia –the City of Brotherly Love– was torn apart by a series of bloody riots. Known as the “Bible Riots,” they grew out of the vicious anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic sentiment that was so widespread in 19th century America. Families were burned out of their homes. Churches were destroyed. And more than two dozen people died in one of the worst urban riots in…

<a href="https://www.classroom20.com/video/the-bible-riots-of-1844"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1940681714?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=135" width="240" height="135" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />In May 1844, Philadelphia –the City of Brotherly Love– was torn apart by a series of bloody riots. Known as the “Bible Riots,” they grew out of the vicious anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic sentiment that was so widespread in 19th century America. Families were burned out of their homes. Churches were destroyed. And more than two dozen people died in one of the worst urban riots in American History.