after the Chicago fire and the American civil war‚ which was an indication that then festival served to remind the natives of the progress achieved from 1492‚ which were similar to those of the reconstruction era (Galvin). The Columbian Exposition choice of Chicago was made amidst various claims of other cities attempting to host the world affair. Among the cities that wanted to host the fair was New York and Washington (Galvin). Several factors contribute to the event being hosted in Chicago. First
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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Possible or Not? Ferris‚ Sloane‚ and Cameron spend one amazing day ditching school‚ exploring the great city of Chicago and take time to visit many landmarks and take part in many exciting activities. The day depicted in the movie would be a great and exciting day for anyone‚ but is it possible for them to have done all of the things they did in one day? I believe it is reasonable to believe that Ferris and company may have been able to do all the things they did in
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Chicago - a land of opportunity. Today one might chuckle at the thought‚ but during the nineteenth century it was very much the case. William Cronan’s Nature’s Metropolis was published in 1991 and still remains one of the greatest books ever written about the city of Chicago. Cronan uses the book to describe the rise of Chicago and how it played a role in the flourishing of economics in the country as a whole; thus‚ using Chicago as an example of the interconnectedness between city and country. Beyond
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Learning Experience Through VOLUNTEERISM Linda Burch National Louis University Perspectives on Prior Learning ACL 301-0 49 Instructor: Karen Sadowsky July 11‚ 2012 Learning Experience Through VOLUNTEERISM Linda Burch National Louis University Perspectives on Prior Learning ACL 301-0 49 Instructor: Karen Sadowsky December 11‚ 2013 VOLUNTEERISM LEARNING EXPERIENCE THROUGH VOLUNTEERING I have been a volunteer for the past twenty eight years:
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The Red Summer refers to the summer and early autumn of 1919‚ which was marked by hundreds of deaths and higher casualties across the United States‚ as a result of race riots that occurred in more than three dozen cities and one rural county. In most instances‚ whites attacked African Americans. Red summer is in summer and early autumn On July 27‚ 1919‚ an African-American teenager drowned in Lake Michigan after violating the unofficial segregation of Chicago’s beaches and being stoned by a group
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story based on the building of the most important fair in the United States of America‚ the 1893 Columbian Exposition World’s Fair in Chicago. Erik Larson also told the story of the psychopathic murderer; H.H. Holmes used his World’s Fair Hotel as an evil castle to lure in young women who came to see the fair. The story starts off with Larson describing that Chicago won the Congressional vote to host the World’s Fair and beat out its competition New York City. In only two short years‚ the White City
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Devil in the White City Erik Larson’s non- fiction best seller portrays murder‚ magic and madness that occurred at the fair that changed America. The construction of The Columbian exposition began in 1891 and if on time was to be finished by 1893. This gave world famous architect Daniel Burnham a little over two years to achieve the impossible. There were other problems than just building the fair‚ there was corruption and decay in the city which made things more problematic. The
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Leader for a Day Essay The city of Chicago used to be one of the largest city containing high-rise public housings in the nation. The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) owned 43‚000 units with a population in the hundreds thousands of residents. The second wave of project housing was an attempt to construct newer and safer Urbanist-style housing projects “because Chicago can also destroy”. Chicago Housing authority reports.Since the mid-1990sthe city of Chicago had torn down about half of its public-housing
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protect and improve their Chicago communities from the violence they used to be in. The Chicago Project for Violence Prevention was founded in 1995 by Dr. Gary Slutkin. After returning home to Chicago and hearing stories about children murdering children‚ he created Ceasefire‚ operating from the reasonable premise that violence is‚ fundamentally‚ a public health issue. Chicago itself has been for the longest time a symbol for the violence in our cities all across America. Chicago is continuously overwhelmed
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In fact‚ according to recent investigation‚ some elected officials are‚ themselves‚ important crime leaders. A prime example of this is Illinois politician and former mayor of Chicago‚ Richard M. Daley. Daley’s family has great historical significance within the city as his father‚ Richard J. Daley‚ was also mayor of Chicago. His brother William M. Daley served under former U.S. president Bill Clinton as U.S. Secretary of Commerce and their older brother John P. Daley is the finance chairman on the
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