HISTORY OF CHICAGO FINAL EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+

1 HISTORY OF CHICAGO FINAL EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ Jacques Marquette Correct Answer: Marquette was a Jesuit priest; Marquette stayed in Chicago for the winter of 1674, becoming one of the first Europeans to live here. Louis Joliet Correct Answer: Joliet was a fur trader and mapmaker. one of the first Europeans to see and map the land of chicago Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable Correct Answer: the first permanent settler(non-native american) in Chicago was Fort Dearborn Correct Answer: this became the site of a conflict between Americans and groups of native americans "Canal Fever" 2 Correct Answer: inspired by the Erie Canal's smashing success. The canal revolutionized the economy of the Atlantic seaboard. It lowered transportation costs dramatically First major inland waterway Land speculation Correct Answer: many purchasers bought land they had never seen, and prices bore no relationship to the real economic value of the land. They instead represented investors' inflated dreams of what the land might be worth in the future. buying land at a low price and reselling at a high price Underground Railroad Correct Answer: Chicago had become a key stop on the Underground Railroad. Numerous runaway slaves passed through the city on their way to Canada and freedom. Cyrus McCormick Correct Answer: was an American inventor and business person, the founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which later became part of the International Harvester Company in 1902. the reaper allowed farmers to harvest grain crops more efficiency it was invented by Philip Armour 3 Correct Answer: American meatpacking industrialist who founded the Chicagobased firm of Armour & Company. Montgomery Ward Correct Answer: opened the first mail-order retail company Sears and Roebuck Correct Answer: founded Sears and Roebuck and Company, targeted rural Americans, selling them anything and everything, new mail-order company. Abraham Lincoln Correct Answer: defeated challenges, and Chicago conquered St. Louis in the battle for hinterland markets Union Correct Answer: the Union army demanded an unprecedented amount of processed meat. Confederacy Correct Answer: Camp Douglas was their POW camp, President was Jefferson Davis, Camp Douglas 4 Correct Answer: the confederate POW camp that was located in Chicago, south/east of Chicago, close to the lake. Chicagoans were never deprived of their Sunday excursions. Nativism Correct Answer: the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. Myra Bradwell Correct Answer: first female lawyer in Illinois. Founded the Chicago Legal News. Carl Sandburg Correct Answer: his vivid poetry portrays the life in a Chicago in the early 1900s. Mrs. O'Leary Correct Answer: the alleged culprit behind the Great Chicago Fire. Started in the O'Leary's barn by the cow kicking over the lantern. "White City" Correct Answer: Columbian Exposition, burned down in 1894 Daniel Burnham Correct Answer: helped build the fair, chose Jackson Park 5 Richard J. Daley Correct Answer: became mayor in 1955, he methodically stripped the African American politician of his clout so he would not face similar challenges with the machine. Anton Cermak Correct Answer: Anton Cermak defeated Thompson and became the mayor of Chicago from . He was one of the early builders of the Chicago (Cook County) Democratic Machine. Was the only foreign mayor of Chicago. Partly won the mayoral election by appealing to the immigrant vote. Took strong control of the City Council. Came out against Prohibition. Strong control of the local Democratic Party. Worked for unity among groups. Strong supporter of FDR. Assassinated in 1933 Great Migration Correct Answer: Blacks flooded in Northern cities in numbers Eliot Ness Correct Answer: was an American Prohibition agent, famous for his efforts to enforce Prohibition in Chicago, Illinois, bringing down Al Capone, and the leader of a famous team of law enforcement agents nicknamed The Untouchables Al Capone 6 Correct Answer: a bootlegger; selling illegal alcohol, organized crime in Chicago. Capone was able to develop some control the politics, the police, unions, and business in Chicago. Gang warfare developed in the attempt to control Chicago's underworld. Be able to describe the area that is now Chicago between . Describe the geography. Correct Answer: swampy What bodies of water surround Chicago? Correct Answer: Lake Michigan, Chicago River, Describe what happened at Ft. Dearborn on August 15, 1812. Correct Answer: 200 people were evacuated. They didn't have enough time so there was a battle. 68 killed in 15 minutes battle. All the rest are captured, killed, tortured, enslaved. Where did the Republican convention of 1860 take place? Who became the Republican Party's candidate for President? Correct Answer: Chicago, President Lincoln What were some of advantages of Chicago's location during the Civil War? How was Chicago impacted economically during the Civil War? Correct Answer: kept it relatively safe from confederate attacks, railroads and water 7 Describe conditions at Camp Douglas. Correct Answer: horrible; deplorable Describe the general feelings toward immigrants throughout the 1850's. Correct Answer: Chicagoans were afraid because of their jobs Describe the events of October 8, 1871. What factors contributed to the spread of the fire? Correct Answer: The Great Chicago Fire, started in the O'Leary's barn and spread, the city was made out of wood What events led to the Haymarket riot of 1886? Correct Answer: On May 4, 1886, a labor protest rally near Chicago's Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. Despite a lack of evidence against them, eight radical labor activists were convicted in connection with the bombing. What was the plan that Chicago had to host the World's Fair of 1893? Why was it called the Columbian Exposition? Correct Answer: show recovery from the fire, it was an inventor's showcase, What groups made up the Old Immigration and the New Immigration? 8 Correct Answer: Old- Germans, Jews, Irish, Swedes, German Jews, Norwegians New- Eastern European Jews, Greeks, Italians, What led to the race riots of 1919? Correct Answer: 38 people were killed, The 1919 Chicago Race Riot was the worst race riot in Chicago history. White gangs played a big part in these riots. Among the possible causes of the tensions leading to the riot were racism and competition between blacks and whites over jobs, housing, and politics. How did prohibition lead to organized crime Correct Answer: The arrival of Al Capone from Brooklyn was the central event in the growth of organized crime in Chicago. Describe the "Great Migration" that occurred after WWI and again after WWII. Correct Answer: movement of African Americans from the South to the Northern cities before WWI and during the War years. African Americans came to Chicago and other northern cities for various reasons. With WWI, European immigrants was cut off in Chicago there was an increase need for unskilled labor in Chicago's packing houses, steel mills, and factories. African Americans followed the rial lines north. Many came from Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. The Chicago Defender, the city's influential Black newspaper encouraged African Americans to come to Chicago. 9 Be able to describe the housing problems that plagued Chicago. How did race influence the housing problem. How did this lead to the creation of the suburbs? Correct Answer: African Americans weren't allowed to live in the same neighborhoods as whites. Two whites were shot in the Black Belt. They wouldn't be able to cross over in each others neighborhoods. World's Fair 1893 Correct Answer: celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Building of I & M Canal Correct Answer: It was going east toward the lake, The Illinois and Michigan Canal connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. Publication of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Correct Answer: an immigrant from Lithuania who works in the Chicago Union Stock Yards. Tells a story about how capitalist system crushes Jurgis Prohibition/Gangland Chicago Correct Answer: 18th Amendment was ratified in 1919. This Amendment established Prohibition- a total band on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor throughout the U.S. Congress passed the Volstead Act to enforce Prohibition. 10 Democratic Convention of 1968 Correct Answer: Democratic Party was divided, MLK Jr. is assassinated, police riot, Vietnam War, Richard J. Daley is mayor, Nixon is President