The Great Chicago Fire happened on the night of Oct 8-10‚ 1871. One legend is at a barn located on the land of Patrick and Catherine O’ Leary at 137 DeKoven Street on the city’s southwest side and the fire started when the family’s cow kicked over the lantern and it lighted the hay and the barn caught on fire. Before the Great Chicago Fire the city average was 2 fires per day. In 1997‚ the Chicago City Council exonerated Mrs. O’ Leary and her cow. She turned into a recluse after the fire and she
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the contagious disease‚ cholera‚ spread to the United States from Europe. Cholera ravaged the cities‚ such as Chicago in several epidemics‚ brutally damaging its victims’ physical health and frequently leading to death. In response‚ Chicago’s sanitary reformers and city engineers gained a new sense of resolve to combat these illnesses
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Chicago by Carl sanburg The poem Chicago by Carl Sandburg in the beginning seems to be a portrayal of the negavite aspects of the city Chicago itself. As the reader continues in the poem you realize that the poem isn’t downplaying the city but infact it’s a somewhat tribute to the city of Chicago and the workers or people who live there. The overall theme is that even though Chicago has its negatives the people there are still hard workers and proud to be from Chicago. The poems Chicago reads
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Transracial Adoption and the Effects on Children In Richard Wright’s “The Man Who Went to Chicago”‚ Wright expresses his journey of several jobs and the way people treat him and the African American race. He learns that there are some people who have hatred toward him just because the color of his skin. Being use to the hatred towards African Americans‚ he later begins to hate himself because that is all he knows. This essay leads me to wonder about several racial controversies and what people
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Rob Marshall’s Chicago is a film about dangerous women. Set in the roaring 20’s‚ few things could be thought more shocking and scandalous at the time than a woman wielding a gun. At that time‚ a woman’s place was in the kitchen or the laundry room‚ not a smoky jazz club and certainly not the state penitentiary. Chicago presents us with not one but two of “Chicago’s own killer dillers‚ those scintillating sinners” Roxie Hart‚ and Velma Kelly. Throughout the film‚ these two ladies are pitted against
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Sisters and Brothers of America‚ It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us. I thank you in the name the most ancient order of the monks in the world. I thank you in the name of the mother of religions; and I thank you in the name of the millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects. My thanks‚ also to some of speakers on this platform who‚ referring to the delegates from the Orient‚ have told you that these
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Fred Rogers. Chicago has 77 different neighborhoods from North to South. Each neighborhood all together has 2‚706‚101million people that in habits it. The two most known neighborhoods in Chicago are Englewood and Lake-View. Englewood has approximately 97‚000 people living in the neighborhood‚ but its sharply declined since 1960. Lake View has approximately 97‚968 people living in the neighborhood‚ its one of the best neighborhoods in Chicago. These two neighborhoods are what make Chicago what it is
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The Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy Dawn Wilson AJS/502- Survey of Justice and Security August 23‚ 2014 Kevin Moore Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy My topic will focus on Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS). I am familiar with community policing because of my experience with Portland Police Bureau and its usage there. When I finished probation‚ I was assigned to a community where I actually became involved with community activities. I would park my patrol
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looked good‚ but really they weren’t. The Great Chicago Fire was something that tremendously impacted everything in its path including people‚ infrastructure‚ and nature. Due to the Great Chicago Fire devastating Chicago and the surrounding areas‚ it left the city in a large amount of debt‚ thousands of people homeless‚ and massive destruction to the city. The Great Chicago Fire devastated many regions surrounding the area. The causes of the Great Chicago fire are uncertain but a theory a cow in a
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Living in a big city is a lot different than living in the country. Cities are compact ‚ loud‚ and always busy; the country is usually isolated‚ tranquil‚ and underpopulated. In a city like Chicago‚ which is home to about 2.8 million people‚ there are so many things that contrast from the country. In Chicago‚ there are about 16 houses per block‚ there are about two schools within a five mile radius‚ schools are packed‚ sports aren’t well funded‚ and education was kind of like a repeat every year
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