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| WHEN DID THE FIRST WHITE EXPLORERS ARRIVE IN CHICAGO? | 1673 |
| WHO WERE THE FAMOUS FRENCH EXPLORERS WHO WERE PROBABLY THE FIRST WHITES TO VISIT THE CHICAGO AREA? | LOUIS JOLLIET (EXPLORER) JACQUES MARQUETTE (PRIEST) |
| WHAT FAMOUS WAR OCCURRED FROM 1754-63 IN THE CHICAGO AREA? | FRENCH & INDIAN WAR |
| WHAT AFRICAN AMERICAN SET UP A PERMANENT SETTLEMENT AROUND 1782 IN WHAT IS NOW CHICAGO? HE IS KNOWN AS THE FOUNDER OF OUR CITY. | JEAN BAPISTE POINT DU SABLE |
| *CHICAGO’S FOUNDER" STARTED A FARM AND A PROSPEROUS (SUCCESSFUL ___________ _________? | TRADING POST |
| *WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FIRST FORT BUILT IN CHICAGO? | FORT DEARBORN |
| THROUGH WHAT TREATY DID NATIVE AMERICANS SIGN AWAY THEIR RIGHTS TO THE CHICAGO AREA? | TREATY OF GREENVILLE |
| IN 1833 WHAT GROUPS OF NATIVE AMERICANS GATHERED IN CHICAGO TO SIGN AWAY THEIR LAND IN THE CHICAGO AREA? | CHIPPEWA, OTTAWA, POTAWATOMI |
| *CHICAGO OFFICIALLY BECOMES A TOWN IN ________. | 1833 |
| CHICAGO OFFICALLY BECOMES A CITY IN _______. | 1837 |
| WHAT MAJOR CANAL OPENED IN THE MIDWEST IN 1848, WHICH HELPED MAKE CHICAGO A MAJOR CITY AND EASIER TO TRANSPORT THINGS AROUND THE COUNTRY? | ILLINOIS & MICHIGAN CANAL |
| IT WAS SAID THAT CHICAGO’S TRANSFORMTION, FROM SMALL TOWN TO BIG CITY, WAS LIKE THAT OF A _____________ TO A ______________. | CATERPILLAR / BUTTERFLY |
| WHO WAS CHICAGO’S FIRST MAYOR? | WILLIAM OGDEN |
| WHAT TWO INNOVATIONS PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN TRANSFORMING CHICAGO INTO A MAJOR TRADING CENTER? | THE VIRGINIA REAPER AND THE RAILROAD |
| WHO INVENTED THE VIRGINIA REAPER (USED TO HARVEST WHEAT & COULD DO THE WORK OF 20 MEN), MANUFACTURED THEM IN CHICAGO, AND SOLD THEM TO FARMERS ON CREDIT? | CYRUS HALL MCCORMICK |
| BECAUSE CHICAGO WAS LOCATED AT THE FOCAL POINT, OR MIDDLE, OF THE NORTHEREN RAILROAD LINES THAT MADE IT MUCH EASIER AND CHEAPER TO MOVE HARVESTED GRAIN FROM FARMS OUT ________ TO MARKETS OUT ________ AND MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS FROM __________________ TO _______________. | WEST EAST / EAST WEST |
| BEFORE THE FIRE, CHICAGO WAS A WOODEN CITY BECAUSE MOST ______________, ____________, AND___________ WERE MADE OF WOOD. | BUILDINGS/ SIDEWALKS/ STREETS |
| WHAT DISEASE KILLED MANY PEOPLE OF CHICAGO DURING THE SUMMER OF 1854? | CHOLERA |
| BECAUSE CHICAGO’S __________ WAS DRAINING FROM THE CHICAGO RIVER INTO LAKE MICHIGAN, THE RIVER’S FLOW WAS REVERSED AWAY FROM THE LAKE. | SEWAGE |
| WHY DID CHICAGO HAVE MUCH GROWTH DURING THE CIVIL WAR? | CHICAGO WAS THE HUB, OR CENTER, FOR THE NORTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM AND COULD SAFELY TRANSPORT GOODS, SO (C) GOT A LOT OF WAR BUSINESS. |
| BECAUSE OF FEAR THAT IF BLACKS WERE FREED FROM SLAVERY AND MOVED NORTH IN LARGE NUMBERS, BLACKS WOULD TAKE OVER JOBS OF WHITES FOR LESS PAY, WHAT HORRIBLE THING OCCURRED IN 1862? | A RACE RIOT OCCURRED IN CHICAGO IN 1862 BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITES. |
| DURING SLAVERY, THERE WAS NO SLAVERY IN ILLINOIS, BUT BLACKS THAT DID NOT HAVE A ________ ______ _______COULD BE CONSIDERED RUNAWAY SLAVES AND INPRISONED OR EVEN SOLD INTO SLAVERY | CERTIFICATE OF FREEDOM |
| VETERAN SOLDIERS OF THE CIVIL WAR WERE PAID A BOUNTY OF $____ FOR REENLISTING AND NEWLY ENLISTED SOLDIERS COUD BE PAID $_______ TO ENLIST. | $402 / $302 |
| WHEN PRESIDENT LINCOLN WAS ASSISINATED, HIS BODY WAS VIEWED BY AN ESTIMATED _____________ PEOPLE IN CHICAGO IN MAY OF 1865. ( | 120,000 PEOPLE |
| BY THE TIME OF THE CHICAGO FIRE, CHICAGO HAD GROWN TO HOW MANY PEOPLE? | 300,000 |
| CHICAGO HAD A FIRE ON OCTOBER 7, 1871 AT A WOOD CUTTING MILL. CHICAGO HAD ALREADY SUCCESSFULLY PUT OUT HOW MANY FIRES IN 1871 | 700 FIRES |
| *FIRES WERE COMMON IN CHICAGO AND WHEN THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE | DROUGHT |
| THE GREAT CHICAG FIRE STARTED ON _____________, _____, ________ IN THE BARN OF MR. AND MRS. ______________. | OCTOBER 8, 1871 / O’LEARY |
| WHO DISCOVERED THE CHICAGO FIRE? | A NEIGHBOR, DANIEL “PEG LEG” SULLIVAN |
| THE TOLL OF THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE: NUMBER OF PEOPLE LEFT HOMELESS | 100,000 PEOPLE |
| THE TOLL OF THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE: NUMBER OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED | 17,500 BUILDINGS |
| THE TOLL OF THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE: NUMBER OF PEOPLE PRESUMED DEAD | 300 |
| THE TOLL OF THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE: NUMBER OF DOLLARS IN PROPERTY DAMAGE | $200-400 MILLION |
| THE FIRE BURNED FROM 8:45 PM ON OCTOBER 7, 1871 UNTIL WHEN? | 3:00 AM ON OCTOBER 10, 1871 |
| WHY DID THE GREAT FIRE STOP? | IT BEGAN TO RAIN. |
| ON THE SAME DAY AS THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE, WHERE WAS THERE A FIRE IN WISCONSIN THAT KILLED OVER 1,000 PEOPLE? | PESH-TI-GO, WISCONSIN |
| WHAT WAS DELIVERED TO THE O'LEARY'S BARN THE MORNING BEFORE THE FIRE BEGAN IN THEIR BARN? | THREE TONS OF HAY (ONE TON = 2,000 POUNDS, SO THAT IS 6,000 POUNDS OF HAY) |
| WHAT ARCHITECTURAL FIRM WAS THE BEST AT | WHAT ARCHITECTURAL FIRM WAS THE BEST AT BLENDING FUCTION AND FORM |
| WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FIRST BUILDING CALLED A SKYCRAPER, BUILT IN 1882? | MON-TAUK BUILDING |
| WHAT ARCHITECTURAL FIRM WAS THE BEST AT BLENDING FUCTION AND FORM? | ALBERT & SULLIVAN (DANKMAR ADLER WHO FOCUSED ON THE PHYSCIAL STUCTURE) & (LOUIS SULLIVAN WHO FOCUSED ON USEFULNESS AND BEAUTY. |
| ARCHITECT FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT WHO BELIVED IN PLACING MORE EMPHASIS ON HORIZONTAL LINES THAN VERTICAL LINES WAS PART OF WHICH "SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE"? | THE PRAIRIE SCHOL OF ARCHITECTURE |
| WHAT IS THE EVENT KNOWN AS WHEN ON ON MAY 1, 1886 MORE THAN 30,000 WORKERS GATHERED IN THE HAYMARKET SQUARE TO PROTEST POLICE VIOLENCE DURING THEIR STRIKE AND PROTEST AND TROUBLE BROKE OUT AND 8 POLICEMAN AND SOME PROTESTERS DIED? | THE HAYMARKET RIOTS OF 1886 (MAY DAY (MAY 1ST ) COMMEMORATES THE WORLDWIDE STRUGGLES FOR FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS) |
| *CHICAGO’S WORLD COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION (WORLD’S FAIR OF 1893) WAS HELD TO CELEBRATED WHAT? | THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF COLUMBUS’S DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAS (ONE YEAR LATE) COLUMBUS “DISCOVERED” THE AMERICAS IN 1492 . |
| WHAT WAS THE 1893 FAIR GROUNDS CALLED WHEN CHICAGO BUILT A TEMPORARY CITY OF 200 BUILDINGS ? | “THE WHITE CITY” BECAUSE ALL OF THE BUILDINGS WERE WHITE. |
| WHICH FOODS THAT ARE STILL KNOWN TODAY MADE THEIR DEBUT (FIRST SHOWING) AT THE 1893 FAIR? | CRACKER JACK (CARAMEL COVERED POPCORN AND NUTS)/ HOTDOGS/ SHREDDED WHEAT CEREAL/ AUNT JEMIMA PANCAKE MIX / WRIGLEY’S JUICY FRUIT GUM & PABST BEER |
| WHAT WAS THE MOST POPULAR ATTRACTION AT THE FAIR OF 1893? | THE FERRIS WHEEL BUILT BY GEORGE W. FERRIS |
| WHAT MUSEUM, THAT IS STILL OPEN TODAY, WAS BUILT IN 1894 TO SHOWCASE ARTIFACTS FROM THE FAIR? | THE FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY |
| *WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE T-REX DINOSAUR AT THE FIELD MUSEUM? | SUE |
| BECAUSE ORGANIZERS OF THE 1893 FAIR DIDN’T ALLOW BLACKS TO BE PART OF THE FAIR, WHAT TWO FAMOUS BLACKS ORGANIZED PROTESTS AND DELIVERED SPEECHES ABOUT THE UNFAIR TREATMENT? | FREDERICK DOUGLASS & IDA B. WELLS |
| A DERANGED, OR CRAZY, MAN ASSASSINATED WHICH CHICAGO MAYOR A FEW DAYS AFTER THE COLUMBIAN EXPEDITION OF 1893? | MAYOR CARTER HARRISON |
| WHO WAS THE SERIAL KILLER DURING THE WORLD’S FAIR OF 1893 WHO CONFESSED TO KILLING 27 PEOPLE? | HERMAN WEBSTER MUDGETT (H.H. HOLMES) |
| MANY OF CHICAGO’S POOR IMMIGRANTS HAD LOW-PAYING JOBS AND WERE PAID LESS THAN HOW MUCH PER MONTH? | $45.00 |
| BECAUSE OF DISEASE, POVERTY, AND HUNGER A CHILD BORN IN CHICAGO’S SLUMS IN THE LATE 1800'S AND EARLY 1900'S WOULD BE LUCKY TO LIVE TO THE AGE OF _________. | 4 YEARS OLD |
| WHO WAS THE FAMOUS AND WEALTHY SLEEPER RAILCAR MANUFACTUREER THAT BUILT HIS OWN COMPANY TOWN SEVERAL MILES SOUTH OF CHICAGO AND THAT BUILT HIS OWN COMPANY TOWN SEVERAL MILES SOUTH OF CHICAGO AND THAT DEDUCTED EMPLOYEES EXPENSES (RENT, SCHOOL, GROCERY STORES, ETC.) FROM THEIR PAY? | GEORGE PULLMAN |
| WHAT WAS THE TITLE OF UPTON SINCLAIR’S BOOK WRITTEN ABOUT THE HARD LIFE OF STOCK YARD WORKERS IN CHICAGO? | THE JUNGLE |
| WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SETTLEMENT HOUSE THAT HELPED THE POOR TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES THAT WAS FOUNDED BY JANE ADAMS IN 1889? | HULL HOUSE |
| FRANK BAUM, A CHICAGO REPORTER, WAS THE AUTHOR OF WHAT FAMOUS CHILDREN’S BOOK? | THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ |
| IN 1912, A CHICAGOAN NAMED EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS WROTE WHAT FAMOUS STORY? | “TARZAN OF THE APES” |
| IN 1890 CHICAGO WAS THE _______ LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES. | SECOND |
| WHAT NAME BELONGED TO BOTH THE CUBS AND WHITESOX BASEBALL TEAMS BEFORE USING THEIR CURRENT NAMES? | WHITE STOCKINGS |
| WHEN DID THE WHITE SOX AND CUBS PLAY EACH OTHER FOR THE WORLD SERIES AND WHO WON? | 1906 / WHITE SOX WON 4-2 ( THAT WAS THEIR FIRST AND LAST TIME GOING AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR THE WORLD SERIES.)/ THE WHITE SOX ALSO WON THE 1907 & 1908 WORLD SERIES |
| WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE THEATER WHERE IN 1903, 602 PEOPLE DIED IN A FIRE IN A BUILDING THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE “ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF”? IT IS KNOWN AS CHICAGO 2ND DEADLIEST FIRE. | IROQUOIS THEATER |
| WHAT WAS THE DEADLY DISASTER IN 1915 DURING WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY’S BOATING TRIP FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES? | ONE OF THE BOATS FLIPPED OVER, OR CAPSIZED, AND 844 PEOPLE DROWNED. |
| WHAT DID THE 18TH AMENDMENT (LAW), THAT CONGRESS PASSED IN 1919, OUTLAW? IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS PROHIBITION. | THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. |
| WHAT DID THE 19TH AMENDMENT OF 1920 (LAW) PROVIDE ? | THE RIGHT FOR WOMEN TO VOTE |
| WHAT DISEASE HIT CHICAGO AND KILLED 20,000 CHICAGOANS IN 1819? | SPANISH FLU |
| THE LABOR SHORTAGE CAUSED BY WORLD WAR I, CAUSED A LABOR SHORTAGE AND RESULTED IN THE BEGINNING OF THOUSANDS OF BLACKS MIGRATING FROM THE FARMS OF THE SOUTH TO THE FACTORIES OF THE NORTH. WHAT IS THIS PERIOD CALLED? | THE GREAT MIGRATION (FROM 1916- 1919 50,000 MIGRATED/ FROM 1916-1970 500,000 MIGRATED) |
| WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CHICAGO NEWSPAPER THAT PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE GREAT MIGRATION AND IS STILL PUBLISHED TODAY? | THE CHICAGO DEFENDER |
| WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF RACIAL TENSIONS BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITES IN 1919 THAT EXPLODED INTO A SECOND MAJOR RACE RIOT THAT RESULTED IN SEVERAL DAYS OF KILLING AND BEATING? (23 BLACKS DIED & 15 WHITES) | BLACKS CROSSED THE IMAGINARY LINE INTO THE WHITE ONLY SECTION IN LAKE MICHIGAN. |
| AFTER THE WHITE SOX LOST THE 1919 WORLD SERIES, ON PURPOSE AS PART OF A GAMBLING DEAL, THE WHTE SOX WERE HATEFULLY CALLED WHAT? | THE BLACK SOX |
| WHO WERE THE TWO SETS OF CHICAGO’S FATHER-SON MAYORS? | CARTER HARRISON & SON CARTER HARRISON / RICHARD J DALEY 1955-1976 & SON RICHARD M DALEY 1989- PRESENT |
| WHO WAS KNOWN AS CHICAGO’S MOST CORRUPT (DISHONEST) MAYOR? | BIG BILL THOMPSON |
| IN 1924 BERTHA PALMER (THE WIFE OF POTTER PALMER THE RICH OWNER OF HOTELS) DIED AND DONATED 52 PAINTINGS TO WHAT CHICAGO ART MUSEUM ? | THE ART INSTITUE OF CHICAGO |
| WHO WAS THE WELL KNOWN CHICAGO GANGSTER KNOWN AS “SCARFACE”? | AL CAPONE |
| WHAT IS THE EVENT KNOWN AS WHEN GANGSTER BUGS MORAN’S MEN WERE AMBUSHED AND GUNNED DOWN ON FEBRUARY 14, 1929? | THE ST. VALENTINE MASSACRE |
| WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FAMOUS CEMETARY WHERE MANY OF CHICAGO EARLY SETTLERS (OGDEN, PALMER, MCCORMICK, FIED AND MORE) ARE BURIED? | GRACELAND CEMETARY ( ACCORDING TO THE ACTIVITY IN THE BOOK, YOU CAN TAKE A WALKING TOUR OF THE INTERESTING AND HISTORICAL SITE.) |
| WHAT FAMOUS AFRICAN AMERICAN TRUMPET PLAYER MOVED TO CHICAGO DURING THE 1900’S WHEN JAZZ MUSIC WAS VERY POPULAR IN CHICAGO? | LOUIS "LOUIE"ARMSTRONG |
| HOW DID CHICAGO CELEBRATE ITS 100TH BIRTHDAY IN 1933? | IT HOSTED THE 1933 WORLD’S FAIR CALLED “THE CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR” |
| WHO WAS KNOWN AS THE “MONTERS OF THE MIDWAY ? | CHICAGO BEARS FOOTBALL TEAM |
| WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE DEADLY EVENT THAT OCCURRED ON MAY 30, 1937 WHEN LABOR UNIONS ORGANIZED STRIKES AND PROTESTS WHEN 10 PEOPLE DIED? | THE MEMORIAL DAY MASSACRE |
| WHO IS THE CHICAGO POET WHO WROTE A COLLECTION OF POEMS ENTITLED “A STREET IN BRONZEVILLE” AND WON THE PULITZER PRIZE (AN IMPORTANT LITERARY AWARD)? | GWENDOLYN BROOKS (A FAMOUS AFRICAN AMERICAN CHICAGOAN POET) |
| WHAT WAS THE PLACE OF CHICAGO’S THIRD MOST DEADLIEST FIRE IN 1958, WHERE 92 STUDENTS AND 3 TEACHERS DIED ? | OUR LADY OF ANGELS |
| WHO WAS THE 14-YEAR OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN BOY FROM CHICAGO WHO WAS THE VICTIM IN 1955 OF A BRUTAL RACIAL KILLING IN MONEY, MISSISIPPI? | EMMETT TILL |
| WHO WAS CHICAGO’S FIRST AND ONLY AFRICAN AMERICAN MAYOR WHO WAS ELECTED IN 1983? | HAROLD WASHINGTON |
| WHAT MALE BLUES SINGER HELPED MAKE CHICAGO THE BLUES CAPITAL OF THE WORLD? WHAT CHICAGOAN IS "QUEEN OF THE BLUES" ? | MUDDY WATERS / KOKO TAYLOR (SHE IS ALIVE AND STILL SINGS.) |
| IN THE LATE 1900'S CHICAGO LOST ITS RANK OF BEING THE 2ND MOST POPULATED CITY IN THE U. S. TO BEING NUMBER 3. WHICH CITIES RANK 1ST AND 2ND? | 1ST: NEW YORK, N. Y / 2ND: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA |
| IN THE SUMMER OF JULY OF 1995, 735 CHICAGOANS DIED DUE TO WHAT NATURAL EVENT THAT CAUSED 735 PEOPLE TO DIE? | A TREMENDOUS HEAT WAVE THAT LASTED SEVERAL DAYS |
| DURING EARLY CHICAGO, WHO WAS CHICAGO'S WEALTHIEST RETAILER (STORE ONWER)? | MARSHAL FIELD (THE STORES EXISTED UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO.) |
| DURING EARLY CHICAGO, WHO WAS THE WEALTHIEST HOTEL OWNER? | POTTER PALMER (ONE HOTEL STILL EXIST DOWNTOWN.) |
| DURING EARLY CHICAGO, WHO WERE THE TWO WEALTHIEST MEAT PACKING FACTORY OWNERS? | AUGUSTUS SWIFT & PHILIP ARMOUR (THEIR COMPANIES STILL EXIST TODAY.) |
| DURING EARLY CHICAGO, WHO WAS THE WEALTHY RAILCAR MANUFACTURER WHO BUILT HIS OWN CITY CALLED "PULLMAN"? | GEORGE PULLMAN |
| WHEN DID THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX WIN THE WORLD SERIES? | 2003. |
| WHEN DID THE CHICAGO BEARS WIN SUPER BOWL XX? | 1985 |
