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| 8 local anarchists were charged with murder (someone threw a bomb). 7 german immigrants and one american. They went after them bc they gave the speeches at the Haymarket rally, but there was no evidence of who threw the bomb or made it. 7 were sentenced to death and on sentenced to prison. In the end, one person takes his life, 4 are hanged, 3 are comueted(?) |
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| Other cities had grain elevators and lumberyards, but nothing like Chicago's Union Stockyards. All visitors to the city examined the stockyards. 10,00 visitors per day. Chicago meatpackers made use of every part of the animal(or almost). |
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| The location of Chicago"s world fair. Was a marshy, undeveloped area of sand dunes and bushes located on Lake Michigan |
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| 1920s building boom in the Loop |
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| Prosperity was most evident in the Loop. Merchandise Mart was built-largest commercial building in the world. Hotels- The Palmer House, Stevens Hotel, and Medinah Athletic Club(Radisson). Loop landmarks- Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, Palmolive building(playboy Building), and Board of Trade. money was readily available for the construction of buildings on expensive Loop real estate |
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| The federal government's post-World War II programs provided the means for keeping blacks in teh ghettos. (not really sure what to put here) |
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| The Progressive Era in the United States was a period of reform which lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s.. Responding to the changes brought about by industrialization, the Progressives advocated a wide range of economic, political, social, and moral reforms.Both the reformers and their opponents were predominantly members of the middle class. |
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| Day the "Great Fire" Started in Chicago |
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| The Haymarket rally was going well and there was no violence. Carter Harrison visits and was convinced there wouldnt be any trouble. Tells cops that everything is going well. Cops go to the rally and tell everyone to leave but they can't do that because it is peaceful. Someone throws a bomb and 7 police were killed. |
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| Refridgerated Railroad Cars |
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| Solved the problem of not be abling to ship fresh(not salted) meat to the East. the car was perfected by Gustavus F. Swift in the 1870s. The car used ice and brine packed into the roof of a specially designed car to cool its contents, vents pushed incomign air around the ice and the chilled air dropped to the car's floor |
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| The black entertainment district, "The Stroll," became one of teh jazz capitals of the world. Throught the stroll were "balck-and-tans" or integrated jazz clubs. featured black entertainers and were enjoyed by blacks and whites. The freedom with which teh races mixed in these clubs was on reason Chicago became know for its sincere and down-to-earth jazz |
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| He was a ruthless, multimillionaire who was the subject of Theodore Dreiser's novel, The Titian. he gained control of several of the city's streetcar companies. he imporved service in the North and West side and built the downtown Union Loop( the elevated streetcars). However, many people detested him for his dishonesty and shady dealings. He was blamed for a lot. |
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| Served as mayor from 1907 to 1911. he was unatainted by corruption or dishonesty and presented himself as a bussinessman's reformer who rejected Dunne's more radical reform proposals. By 1911, he had alienated teh hard-core Progressives, the immirants who sought free-flowing beer, and the alderman from the vice districts. he was dead politically |
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| Mayor from 1897-1905 and 1911-1915. He did not believe in trying to legislate morality. As mayor, he believed that Chicagoans' two major desires were to make money and to spend it. During his administrations, Chicago's vice districts blossomed. One of his biggest enemies was Charles Yerkes. During his final term in office, he established the Chicago Vice Commission and worked to close down the Levee district, starting with the Everleigh Club |
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| She was one of the growing number of educated, well-informed, middle-class women who had earned a college degree. She opened hullhouse with a classmate. She made time for individual conversations with her residents. |
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He was an American Journalist, author, and government official, best known for his association with Ulysses S. Grant during the American Civil War and his aggressive political advocacy after the war.
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| developed the mechanical reaper. But he had to develop a way to convince farmers to buy them. He sent comminnion salesmen into the hinterlands armed with advertisement flyers, testimonials from pleased customers, and sample reapers. Farmers had to pay a $30 down payment and offered a money back guaranteed. Railroads solved the problem of transporting them |
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| he founded Armour and Company, the giant American meatpacking firm. He claimed that he lost $10.21 on every head of cattle sold in the East if he counted only his meat sales. He also earned a profit $10.80 on the byproducts that had therefore been discarded. He created a laboratory at his plant where the lining from hogs' stomachs were used to make pepsin. |
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| He controlled almost all of the alcohol in Chicago.He boasted a 70 million dollar income.Capone paid many people for permission to sell the alcohol. St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929 was when Capone's men executed seven members of the O'Banion gang |
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| served for 21 years as the undisputed Democratic boss of Chicago and is considered by historians to be the "last of the big city bosses." Made Chicago known as the city that works during his time. (we watched that movie on him, look at those notes) |
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| Built by Daley to be the largest airport in America. The parking garage accommadated 12,500 cars. It brought national attention to the city and created thousands of new patronage jobs for the machine |
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| 1960 election: vote fraud |
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| Some precincts reported more votes for Kennedy than it had registered voters. Kennedy said that Daley had won him the election. |
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| Was a high-rise housing project that began in 1960 and located about four miles south of the Loop. It became the largest public housing complex in the world. consisted of 28 identical buildings, each 16 floors high, and housed a total of 27,000 black Chicagoans |
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| 1968 Democratic Convention |
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| Daley was the host mayor of this convention. Mayor demonstrated that he wouldnt tolerate civil unrest. Many anti-Vietnam War protesters assembled at Grant Park and marched to the convention site. They began taunting the police and the policemen exploded into the group of protesters. Police beated them eventhough some tried to surrender. Many people critized Daley for this. |
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