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Assignments for the Week of Nov. 22, 1999
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Summary With an appeal as broad as it's shoulders, Chicago will go from a mudpile to a metropolis in the last half of the 19th Century. Mirroring both the progress and problems faced by dozens of new urban centers, life in Chicago reflects the time in which it was built. Cities were dependent upon the trade routes they had access to and Chicago was at the center of a geographic crossroads. In addition, railroads, the champions of industrialization, fed new cities, giving them the resources they needed to help employ the millions of immigrants that flooded into the country. But from these benefits, trouble soon surfaced. The poor dominated the neighborhoods. Education of the young took a back seat to labor. And construction techniques, designed to save money, not lives, contributed to the Great Fire of 1871. But showing its "I will" attitude, the city rebounded to end the century by hosting the Columbian Exposition, a global event marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus' landing in the New World. In our Chicago Unit we explore four themes:
Special Feature Readings No City Like Chicago - The Hub of America Chicago and the Railroads - The Iron Horse feeds the Great Metropolis "I will." - The phoenix rises from the flames to host the Columbian Exposition Visuals
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