The Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 was a huge event! Not only because the World’s fair is a big deal‚ but this particular World’s fair was a hard one for Chicago to get. Many other big cities put in their bids to host the event‚ including New York and Washington D.C. On May 1‚ 1893‚ the gates opened at the World’s Columbian Exposition. This fair which was meant to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ first voyage also served as a showcase for a fully rebuilt Chicago. ”At the
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Definition: Chicago has hosted the democratic convention ever since 1860. Chicago was quickly taken off that lists after the encounters between protesters and the police during the 1968 democratic convention. The nation was in a state of turmoil. The ongoing Vietnam War‚ assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy the country was outraged. Mayor Richard J. Daley was not pleased with the thought of hosting the Convention. The conflicts between Eugene McCarthy and Robert F. Kennedy‚
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Consequently‚ living in Chicago was complex at times‚ it was difficult for me living there. Often I miss living there yet I didn’t miss the cold winter I experience. Occasionally‚ I think about the fun times exploring the City of Chicago‚ with some of my best friends‚ and performing popular songs with my brothers.. Chicago is one of Illinois largest city‚ known for their skyscraper‚ The Sears Tower. During‚ the time I lived in the windy city‚ I would sometimes travel alone‚ I would visit all
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historical architectural art is the auditorium building of Chicago‚ which had been considered as one of the greatest leaps in the world of architecture and engineering during the nineteenth century. Although Chicago faced a dramatic misery in the year 1871 due to the great Chicago fire that destroyed most of the infrastructure of the city‚ this downfall acted as the initial point of the movement towards what’s known today as the large‚modern city of Chicago. After ten successful years of rebuilding damages
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101-020 April 4‚ 2012 Girl Fight: Savagery in The Chicago Suburbs Summary of an Article and Reaction The article “Girl Fight: Savagery in The Chicago Suburbs” written by Susannah Meadows and Dirk Johnson‚ and published in May of 2003 by Newsweek still arouses controversy and shivers‚ especially for parents who have children that sooner or later will be attending high school. Not only the privileged Glenbrook North in Chicago suburbs in particular‚ but what Newsweek called savagery
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stands before a crowd of two million‚ as he looks out over a podium on the steps of the capitol building. American flags adorn his stage. This man is Barack Hussein Obama‚ and he is about to be the 44th president of the United States. The two cities‚ Chicago‚ and Honolulu‚ Obama lived in show how different kinds of racism can affect the lives of black Americans. In Hawaii Obama attended Punahou High School where he made up a large majority of his school’s black population. In Hawaii‚ Obama did not experience
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When most people think of their Grandma‚ they think of a sweet‚ loving‚ good-time‚ lady-like woman. However‚ Grandma Dowdel‚ in A Long Way from Chicago‚ is no average grandma. In this book‚ Joey and Mary Alice Dowdel journey from Chicago to their Grandma Dowdel’s for a week every summer from 1929-1935. They experience new things every summer and learn that their grandmother is anything but normal. Grandma Dowdel does not always follow the rules of the law or society‚ but her grandchildren learn
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WITH LOVE… (A collection of poems) From the writer of (The Thin Line) Hadiza Bagudu Copyright © Hadiza Bagudu 2008 All Rights Reserved CHAPTER ONE LOVE RUMOR HAS IT Rumor has it That you have got a thing for me That you care But we both know that There is no smoke without fire I know you watch me Every time I walk by Without looking I can feel the smile I look your way And you tried to hide From your blushing eyes I know you are mine Your deep brown eyes And your dazzling
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Natalie Flowers Jv theatre 6th 31 October 2014 Chicago Play Critique The show takes place in Chicago‚ Illinois in the 1920s. It starts with Roxie Hart’s cold-blooded murder of Fred Casely. Roxie convinces her husband Amos that the man was a burglar‚ but then the police inform him that she knew the man and Amos gives her up to the cops. She is sent to the Cook County Jail where she meets Velma Kelly‚ Mama‚ and other murders. Mama gets her talking to the best lawyer in town‚ Billy Flinn‚ and with
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Makerspaces help patrons by giving them a sense of community by collaborating on projects with other like-minded individuals. In a 2013 report‚ Chicago Public Library asserts the relation of makerspaces to the “Connected Learning Model” which describes the effect of a person able to participate in their interests with support from others leads to academic achievement‚ career success‚ or civic engagement
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