People from Chicago, Illinois

On July 27, 1919, the streets of Chicago, Illinois, were filled with racially fueled violence, which resulted in numerous deaths and injuries to both sides. Once again the Nation witnessed another outbreak of violence between the African American and Caucasian populations. The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 was considered to be one of the worst of the estimated twenty-three riots that occurred during what historians have labeled, due to the large amounts of violence and deaths throughout the nation,…

gangs were taken off the street violent crimes would be lowered by half. Out of the 486 murders in Chicago there would be 243 more people alive. In Chicago alone there are over 600 gangs. These gangs each have illegal, undocumented guns that are used in these acts of unspeakable…

brilliant, talented team, the Chicago Bulls from Illinois. Michael Jordan was an all-around athlete, he played baseball, and basketball; went to college in North Carolina and played many seasons there. Jordan, considered the greatest of all time, had many brilliant accomplishments, “born on February 17, 1963”, Jordan went to, “the University of North Carolina”, got, “drafted by the Chicago Bulls”, won six championships. Jordan also “pursued a career in baseball” (Augustyn Chicago Bulls). Because…

Everybody loves the big city of Chicago, and knows that our drinking water comes from Lake Michigan. Well, imagine that water being filled with sewage and chemicals. That's the way that Lake Michigan used to be, and thanks to reversing the river, we will never have that problem again. A closer study of this historical event will illustrate how the workers completed this impossible sounding task, what impact this had on the Chicago people, and how reversing the river may have created more…

as many Know Nothing members assumed offices throughout the nation. One of the more controversial Know Nothing politicians was Levi Boone, elected into the mayoral office of Chicago for the years 1855 and 1856. Mainly due to ambiguity of their true values, the Know Nothing Party was able to gain political influence in Chicago. After the unpopular actions of Levi Boone as mayor, the Party’s discriminative persona became displeasing to the immigrant dominant population, fueled the extinction of…

forgotten what it was like to have running water, and adjustable temperature in the home. He also had no news of the US, so he found it both dismaying and compelling to hear about the rampant violence in some parts of the US, most especially in Chicago, Illinois. As a result, Dr. Slutkin began researching the violence problem in the same way that he tracked infectious diseases in those other countries, and he found that the trajectories were the same. Further research, and trial and error…

Illinois falling budget With the way Illinois government has been treating its citizens it has shown how poor the budget has become. For years now it has been falling with little to no help from the government. The citizens of Illinois are the ones who are hurting the most because of this. The government as a whole has cut so many things that Illinois tax payers can’t afford to do anything that I way so many people believe that if people move out of Illinois the budget in other states will be…

Paris, France, or Chicago, Illinois. Paris, France is an elegant, historic city where I would be able to learn about local sites. I would leave for…

excellent example of a majorly developed city is Chicago, Illinois. Rent Café had published an article about the changes Chicago has gone through in a series of photos, illustrating in an excellent way the development the city has gone through. One of the first few photos within this article is a comparison of Navy Pier. The photos were taken in 1984 and 2013, respectively. The photo from 1984 was taken from Wikipedia user Louvee while the 2013 photo was taken from a blog called Tradeshows and…

Zishen Chen Fys 073 description &bibliography Title: Ogden’s railroad brings the city Description: The first decade of the development of Chicago is closely linked to William Butler Ogden who built and owned the city. The railroad designed, raised and built by Ogden gave power to him by delivering people, more labor force, and necessary raw materials such as grain, live stocks so that industries like hotels and meat factories managed to develop under the control of the railroad tycoon. Born…