History of Chicago midterm

explorers, Mississippi

.Marquette and Joliet were _______________ who traveled along the ______________ river.

DuSable

Known as the father of Chicago. 1st resident. Owed trading posts/stores

trading post

The father of Chicago started this...

a place soilders stayed

.What was Fort Dearborn?

October 8, 1871

When did the Chicago Fire start?

wood houses, wind

What were 2 reasons why the fire spread quickly?

3 days

How long did the Chicago Fire last?

Daniel Burnham

Who was the man who helped rebuild Chicago?

Columbian Exposition

. What was the great fair called?

Potawatomi

Who were the last Native Americans who lived in Chicago till their enviction ?

Water Tower

One of the only buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire

Fur

What was one of the important items that was traded in Chicago?

William butler ogden

First mayor of chicago, overly optimistic

Big bill

White politician, good for african americans, tripled #of black policeman

Race Riots of 1919

Riot agaiant black/white because of the post war ethnic tensions. Happened due to killing of Eugene Williams.

Haymart Square Riot

Labor movement. 1886 bomb exploded at haymarket square labor rally, killimg several policemam who had arrivee to disperse the protestors

Immigration 1880-1920

Germana, irish, polish, italians, jews, greeks, sweden

Black Hawk War (1832)

The last Native American resistance against white settlement in Chicago

Román Catholic 1890

Largest group was romans ,then protestants, then jews

What were their roman catholic roles in Chicago

Provided services to the poor, build schools, hospitals, dwight moody

Treay of Chicago

made potwami get out. USA captured Indian land north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River

Old immigration wave

These pre-1880 immigrants,usually from northern and Western Europe,

new immigration wave

millions of immgrnts from southern and eastern Europe, "Poles, Italians, Bohemians, and Russian Jews.

Canal Fever

The canal would reach ambitiously from Chicago to the north−central Illinois town
of La Salle, and it promised to make Chicago a commercial center overnight."

Fort Dearborn

A place where soldiers stayed

Cartel Harrison

19th century Chicago mayor, allied himself with Irish, businesses flourished, kept most parties happy

Cartel Harrison 2

most powerful Progressive Era mayor, Carter Harrison II"Improving the delivery of urban services
to Chicagoans—cleaner water, better sewage disposal, more effective fire protection—was
Harrison's passion.

Prohibition

alchohol. Failure. They thoguht it would "Prohibition would curtail poverty,
strengthen families, reduce crime, and encourage good government. Led to illegally distilled alcohol. St. Valentine's Day Massacre, which presented
Chicago in an extremely bad light to the nation.

Bootlegging

what chicago people did to chase the American dream Because it didnt need money or education

French and Indian War

series of battles with french and British. Britain's object was to strip
France of her colonial possessions, to grow British Empire. British won

Muskrackers

These people exposed the nasty, filthy, unethical underside of life in America. Uptown sinclair, wanted to expose worker and boss relationships but actually disclosed the realities of the meatpacjing industry and how disgusting it was.

Boodler's

degrading Chicagoans by the selling municipal favors or privileges by politicians for personal profit.

Battle of Tippecanoe

native americans vs usa. USA won

Richard Daley

Daley was a master at delivering
urban services. He was an administrator and negotiator without peer, and he created
a stable business environment that resulted in impressive economic prosperity."