The City Before
The product sidewalks and bridges were made from.
What is wood?
The person blamed for starting the fire.
Who was Mrs. O'Leary?
The form of transportation that help the city of Chicago to grow.
What were trains?
True or False
Most people thought that Chicago could never be saved.
What is true?
The number of people who lost their lives--
50
100's
1000's
millions
What were hundreds?
The weather conditions before the fire.
What was very dry with little rain for weeks?
True or False
There were enough firefighters, but the fire burned out of control too quickly for all of them.
What is false? There were only 190 for the entire city--not all were working at the time.
The number of people living in Chicago at the time:
1 million
1/2 million (500,000)
just less than 1/2 million
An extra 100 points if the correct estimation is given.
What is less that 1/2 million...330,000?
The government made strict these to prevent this type of tragedy to happen again.
What are strict laws?
The condition of the O'Leary family after the fire.
What was all of them and their home was safe?
2 fire major fire risks before the fire.
What were:
People read by the light of flames from candles or lanterns. They cooked on stoves heated with wood or white-hot coals. One fallen candle or stray ember could torch an entire neighborhood.
The number of children Mr. and Mrs. O'Leary had.
What were 5?
The meaning of the name "Chicago."
What is "the place of the wild onion"?
The 2 things we now have to warn us when a fire begins.
What are smoke detectors and sprinkler systems?
One thing from the article that people from other cities did to help one another.
What was make flyers to help raise funds, food, and supplies for Chicagoans?
The exact date the fire began.
What was October 9, 1871?
Mrs. O'Leary's business.
What was a dairy?
The number of building burned.
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
What were 10,000?
True or False and explain how it fits with this story--
All reporters report the facts.
What is false because a reporter said Mrs. O'Leary's cow started the fire when it had not?
The major event that occurred in Chicago after the Great Fire.
What was the 1893 World's Fair?
2 ways nature suffered in Chicago.
What were any 2 of these: The Chicago River was fouled by human waste and garbage. On rainy days, green slime oozed up through the city’s wooden sidewalks. Meanwhile, a gut-churning stench wafted from the stockyards—miles of pens filled with cattle and pigs awaiting slaughter or transport. So vile was the smell that some people vomited as they stepped off their trains.
2 groups living in Chicago who did not benefit from its growth.
Who were some of the immigrants (like the O'Leary's) and the Native American?
The reason the location of Chicago was so important.
What was it connected the east and the west?
Chicago was able to become safer and is now this number in size in our county.
What is 3rd?
The number of visitors who came to the World' Fair.
almost 5 million
almost 10 million
almost 20 million
almost 30 million
What was 27 million?