Pan-American Exposition

Addams and the Hull House- She was an american activist and reformer. The Hull house was founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. The Hull House served as a place where the working class immigrants could use as shelter and for social purposes. In Devil in the White City, when problems occurred about America's lower and middle class, the Hull House was used as a place to speak and issue these problems. B. Frederick Law Olmstead- He was an american landscape architect, born in 1822.…

The Devil In The White City Essay #1 The majority of people will realize this book is different after just reading the first two chapters of The Devil in The White City. Rather you find out the book is being told from two stories being jumped back in forth between two totally different men in chicago during the world fair, or the interruptions of flashbacks, and little details you come across from Erik Larson's own research. This sounding like chaos Larson still has his book set up with a…

presented technological advancements, as the French were in the middle of their own Industrial Revolution (Munro). It was also a place to showcase the world’s best performances or exhibits of art, dance, theatre and music. The Paris Exposition also called the Exposition Universelle, lasted from May 6 thru October 31, 1889. The Fair attracted all kinds of attention throughout the world. The Fair was appealing to scholars because of it’s complex nature; the Fair could be analyzed in many different…

Will Eisner’s graphic novel, A Contract with God, explores several topics that are not usually associated with the comic medium. In this half semi-autobiographical work, Eisner illustrates and describes what 1930s New York City tenement life was like. While most of the short stories place the characters in the fictional 55 Dropsie Ave tenement or in the city itself, two stories, “Cookalein” and “A Contract with God,” are either set in natural spaces, or the outdoors play an important role in the…

JoJo Henderson 1302/History Devil in the White City Response In the late the 1880s the U.S. Congress made the announcement regarding the World Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair available to the public. The fair was intended to celebrate the 400-year anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ first voyage to the new world. Four cities submitted bids to host the fair including: Chicago, New York, St. Louis, and Washington D.C. The competition between these four cities…

The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson, and “It’s a Question…” by Tom Stafford both answered the universal question of whether humans are born good or bad. The Devil in the White City is about a killer’s mentality and mindset being bought to justice. “It’s a Question…” is about researchers who ultimately determine whether humans “have a basically good nature that is corrupted by society, or a basically bad nature that is kept in check by society. ( IAW, 3-4)” H.H. Holmes in The Devil in the…

Green Town, Illinois is a small town where where life for Will and Jim is extremely mundane. However, on a night in late October, they are called to something much greater when the carnival comes to town. In the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, it is up to Will Halloway, Jim Nightshade and Charles Halloway to save the town from the carnival. In Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury uses character archetypes to help the characters overcome their fears and weaknesses…

Although the police were sometimes involved in matter concerning Holmes, no legal action was actually taken against him. Matters concerning the rich and the upcoming exposition overshadowed any reports of disappearances and possible murders . But for the police of Chicago, this was the everyday norm. Most officers with any type of power were the result of the spoils system, and even with years and years of experience still…

On May 1, 1893 - Oct 30, 1893 people all over the world came together to celebrate and see things that had been happening around the world as far as industry and technology. The Chicago World’s Fair also known as The Columbian Exposition of 1893 was held in Jackson Park Chicago, Illinois. It celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival to the New World in 1492. It was designed by building architect and chief planner Daniel Burnham, the designer in chief Charles B. Atwood ,…

What were American forms of theater that encouraged popular song? Answer- American forms of theater that encouraged popular song were minstrels, which offered an established ensemble of performers, and Vaudeville, which featured individual performers and, ultimately, helped to lead the “pop” of the music industry. 5. Contrast Tin Pan Alley songs before and after “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”. Answer- Before “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”, songs in Tin Pan Alley were more classical,…