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==The 19th Century== | ==The 19th Century== | ||
Despite the fact that Liberty City had high prices, corrupt police, and strippers with annoying Russian accents, immigrants came in masses, especially the Irish, who were told that America was a place with gold coins, and that American women were easy to get into bed with when they heard a foreign accent. Soon, the Irish, who were too busy drinking, chasing rainbows, and having sex with midgets, [[wp:Great Famine (Ireland)|forgot to grow potatos]]. One-eighth of the Irish population came to Liberty City in 15 minutes. Local merchants | Despite the fact that Liberty City had high prices, corrupt police, and strippers with annoying Russian accents, immigrants came in masses, especially the Irish, who were told that America was a place with gold coins, and that American women were easy to get into bed with when they heard a foreign accent. Soon, the Irish, who were too busy drinking, chasing rainbows, and having sex with midgets, [[wp:Great Famine (Ireland)|forgot to grow potatos]]. One-eighth of the Irish population came to Liberty City in 15 minutes. Local merchants liked the sudden influx of Irish immigration because they could pay them less money than African Americans. | ||
A series of riots then broke out afterwards due to the fact that television had not been invented yet. These included working-class riots, anti-Irish riots, anti-black riots, anti-English riots, soccer riots, and "girl-on-girl hot riots". At the same time, another massive influx of immigrants, this time from the South, occurred after southerners heard that Liberty City was a more racist place than the South, and that they could hate people from all over the world there. | A series of riots then broke out afterwards due to the fact that television had not been invented yet. These included working-class riots, anti-Irish riots, anti-black riots, anti-English riots, soccer riots, and "girl-on-girl hot riots". At the same time, another massive influx of immigrants, this time from the South, occurred after southerners heard that Liberty City was a more racist place than the South, and that they could hate people from all over the world there. | ||
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The South believed that the Northern customs, such as education, arts, and interacting with people of other races, was a threat to them, so Southern states began to [[wp:Confederate States of America|secede from the Union]]. | The South believed that the Northern customs, such as education, arts, and interacting with people of other races, was a threat to them, so Southern states began to [[wp:Confederate States of America|secede from the Union]]. | ||
In 1863, the first draft was announced. Drunk, angry citizens wielding iron bars, ninja | In 1863, the first draft was announced. Drunk, angry citizens wielding iron bars, ninja [[sword]]s, knives, and shurikens, among other things, [[wp:New York City draft riots|protested the draft]]. To show the South that people from Liberty City weren't "two-faced bigots", they burned down an orphanage full of black children. | ||
After hard fighting, a lot of cheap novels, and terrible speeches, [[wp:American Civil War|the war]] ended. The reason the war took a long time was because of the length it took to pack a rifle, and because of the South's slow lifestyle. | After hard fighting, a lot of cheap novels, and terrible speeches, [[wp:American Civil War|the war]] ended. The reason the war took a long time was because of the length it took to pack a [[rifle]], and because of the South's slow lifestyle. | ||
==The Turn of the Century== | ==The Turn of the Century== | ||