Unit 9: Week 3 - Study Guide for Test 1 Use the following as a guide. The test covers chapter’s 1-3 plus any supplementary articles or documentaries that were required. This is only a guide. Remember that since this is an open book test‚ ANY question pertaining to the readings could show up. Be sure to have read thoroughly before beginning the test. Please note that starred items could be included as possible short essays (requiring a 1-2 paragraph response). I also suggest that you
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The Haymarket riot was a situation between police forces and union members and strikers that occurred in the haymarket square in Chicago on May 4th‚1886. A few people died and a few were arrested during the strike. It turned to the riot because someone threw a bomb at the police which of course caused the police to take action against the strikers because it had turned violent. During this time strikes were incredibly common against factories and so on having to do with money or better conditions
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The Port Chicago Disaster On the 24 of July 1944‚ a memorandum was written from Captain W. S. Parsons‚ USN to Rear Admiral W. R. Purnell‚ USN. It was a report on the most destructive explosion on United States soil at that time. It was known as the Port Chicago Explosion. Captain Parsons worked in the Bureau of Ordnance as their Liaison Officer. So he was a prime candidate for the job. Rear Admiral Purnell was the head of the Military Policy Committee. This memorandum was not intended to
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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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How can someone be claimed as insane? In the case of Andrea Yates‚ she was found not guilty by reasons of insanity. Clearly Andrea Yates was insane because of what she did. Andrea Yates murdered her five children. Andrea Yates has thought about killing her children for quite a while before she really did kill her children. Her husband Rusty Yates knew about his wife trying to kill their children and caught Andrea before she did it the first time. Andrea Yates attempted to kill her kids before and
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Chicago is not one of the best places to live because of the rising crime rate. Recent statistics have shown that more people are leaving the city to move to Indiana because of this. If the crime rate were lower probably people would still stay in Chicago. Al Capone once said “In this town murders a form of entertainment” which means that Chicago has had a long history of crime and the numbers of crime that have taking place in Chicago are still on the rise. Some people might say Chicago is one of
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learn English‚ but really I wanted Chicago because it is bigger and I have more things to do. Superficially‚ there are some similarities between Chicago and Cincinnati‚ but really there are a lot of differences. There are a few similar characteristics between Chicago and Cincinnati. Both Chicago and Cincinnati are located in The United States of America; Chicago is the principal city in Illinois and Cincinnati is one of the principal cities in Ohio. Chicago has a good education‚ and Cincinnati
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Downtown and Chicago Lawn This essay will focus on 2 prominent neighborhoods in the city of Chicago‚to demonstrate how socio-economic state and bad influence can affect many neighborhoods.Chicago is a big city home to 2.7 million people‚famous for it’s special hot dog‚wrigley field where one of the most known baseball team plays at the White Sox‚and also high rises;massive tall buildings usually businesses and/or cooperations. Chicago is filled with many trends from fashion to electronics
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1 Sky Dive Chicago Kimetha Davis INF620 Management of Information Systems Allyson Heisey Ashford University May 20‚ 2013 2 Abstract Skydive Chicago is a popular and well know skydiving resort The resort offers skydiving instructions by the best of the best instructors. Skydive Chicago is always searching and implementing new technology as to stay competitive in the market. A good information system with information resources pertaining to the organization is very important. Many
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The Great Chicago Fire was one of the largest U.S. disasters of the 19th century‚ and destroyed much of the city’s businesses. This disaster and the rebuilding of the city made Chicago one of the most important American cities. Mrs. O’Leary’s cow is blamed as the most common cause of this fire. The fire started at about 9 P.M. on October 8th‚ 1871. The reconstruction of Chicago started a rapid increase in economic development and population growth. The fire was around a small barn belonging to
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