Workers would be taken advantage of‚ most of them worked in factories where pay was low‚ benefits where non-existent‚ and the work day was often 10 to 12 hours‚ six days a week. So It wasn’t a surprise when The evening of May 4th‚ 1886 came ‚ in Chicago‚ Illinois A bomb was thrown by an unknown figure when a small group of anarchists‚ caused a crowd of some 1‚500 people to gather at Haymarket Square. Policemen attempted to cease the meeting‚ a bomb exploded and the police opened fire on the crowd
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to Rochdale England where she worked in the Rochdale Cotton Mills. In 1905 she went to Chicago from Rochdale travelling on the Etruria and arriving on Ellis Island on 16 July. In 1910 she returned to Ireland for a visit‚ and was travelling back to America with her new husband and childhood sweetheart John Bourke and his sister Mary. They were travelling to Catherine’s sister Ellen McHugh in 66 Ruby Street Chicago. Mary Canavan perished She was first cousin to fellow passenger Pat Canavan‚ she
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Devil in the White City Book Summary The Devil in the White City‚ written by Eric Larson‚ is a gripping novel of two polar opposite men during the building of the World’s Fair in Chicago. It surrounds two characters‚ both extremely talented at their ‘craft’ and perfectly depicts the rush for industrialization in this time. It follows the lives of Daniel H. Burnham‚ the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures‚ and Henry H. Holmes‚ a serial
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Luvenia‚ a descendant of the Lewis family‚ living in Chicago in 1930‚ showed courage when she chose independence over taking the easy route. Luvenia chooses to stay in Chicago instead of going with her father to the Glory Field‚ which now is owned by their relatives. She knew she would have to support herself in Chicago but‚ to her‚ going to the Glory Field for work would feel like returning to slavery. Luvenia decides to make money in Chicago by doing hair. “‘Mr. Etta‚’ Luvenia took a deep breath
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Risky Business In the 1983 smash hit Risky Business‚ director Paul Brickman takes his audience on a wild ride through Chicago. The film spans across the Chicago land area‚ and beyond. From a small high school‚ to a world famous hotel‚ it really shows what Chicago is made of. But it also holds a dark side to itself‚ when the dangerous and socially perverse world of prostitution comes into play. Joel Goodman‚ played by Tom Cruise‚ is an average high school senior. He has regrets and doubts
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JANE ADDAMS Jane Addams is known for Hull House‚ located in Chicago‚ IL. While this isn’t her only contribution to society during her life‚ this is the one contribution that has probably made the biggest impact on society. Jane became interested in social issues when she went on a trip to England with two college friends. She was exposed to the poverty that was all around England’s East End. Also‚ while she was in England‚ her and her friends came across Toynbee Hall‚ which was a settlement house
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in cold blood. In chicago there was many gangs but only two had it out for eachother. The two gangs hatred for eachother had been rooted by power‚ money‚ and greed. That resulted in many deaths and the federal government controlling more criminal activity on the streets. The gangs reached the extreme violent limits in the garage on the north side of chicago. In the city there was two top gangs. “Capones most notorious killing was the st. Valentine’s Day Massacre” (1999 Chicago Historical Society)
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validity of the report. Misleading. Physical expansion of the Black Belt in Chicago / Creation of a Chicago community / Economic Self- Sufficiency What: Fugitive slaves and freedmen established the city’s first black community in the 1840s. the great Migrations from 1910 to 1960 brought hundreds of thousands of blacks from the South to Chicago‚ where they became an urban population. Where: South Side of Chicago Why: blacks created churches‚ community organizations‚ important businesses
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Mike Royko captured the life of a truly amazing man‚ Mayor Richard Daily. Royko in the book‚ Boss‚ follows an diffident beginnings on the South Side of Chicago in the Bridgeport neighborhood to Daley’s rise as a powerful politician. Being born in 1902 and rasied by Michael and Lillian Daley. Difficult by humble house which some accredited later to Richard’s difficulty in communicating. Daley did not have siblings to communicate with early in life. Even after public life he still had a difficult
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Story from Inside His Family‚ written by Deirdre Marie Capone. The infamous Chicago gangster Alphonse “Al” Capone was born in Brooklyn‚ New York on January 17‚ 1899 and died on January 21‚ 1947 of a stroke. He was the fourth of nine children from his Italian Immigrant parents‚ Theresa and Gabriele Capone. As one of the most famous American Gangsters‚ he rose to fame during the Prohibition era as the mob boss of the Chicago Mafia and was known as Public Enemy number one. Al Capone had both a positive
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