Before Europeans
Exploring the Area
The French
Post-French, Pre-City
Becoming a City
100
For what did the Native Americans use the Chicago area?
Trading (furs, corn, feathers, and more)
100
What did one French explorer say would allow control of the entire North American continent?
A canal connecting Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River
100
How did the Native Americans and the French get along?
The Native Americans did not like France's plan to take over the area and conflict developed.
100
Who won control of the Chicago area in the French and Indian War?
Britain
100
Who was Chicago's first mayor?
William Butler Ogden
200
True or False? The area that is now Chicago was a dry, sparse land.
False The area was wet and swampy with a lot of plants.
200
Where were the first French explorers from?
Quebec, Canada
200
What did France want to build in the Chicago area?
A "Paris on the lake"
200
What was the name of the Fort established by the Secretary of War?
Fort Dearborn
200
What was one of the main interests of Chicago's first mayor?
Railroads
300
What is Chicago named for?
The wild onions and garlic that grew in the area
300
Who were the first (documented) French explorers to visit the Chicago area?
Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet
300
Name one reason the French wanted to control the Chicago area.
They could use it as a base to gain access to the center of America. They could use it to limit British expansion to the West.
300
Where was the 1803 military fort located?
The intersection of Michigan and Wacker Drive
300
What kind of business did Cyrus McCormick run?
A harvesting machine factory
400
Name 3 of the 5 Native American tribes who occupied the Chicago area.
Miami, Fox, Sauk, Illinois, Potawatomi
400
Why did one of the French explorers stay in the Chicago area?
To convert Native Americans to Christianity
400
What was the name of the fort that France built in the Chicago area?
Fort de Chicago
400
Who is known as the "founder of Chicago"?
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (a Haitian immigrant and fur trader)
400
In what year did the telegraph lines reach Chicago?
1848
500
From what Native American word is the name "Chicago" derived?
"shikaakwa"
500
In what decade did the first French explorers come to the Chicago area?
1670s (1673)
500
In what decade were the French attempting to control the Chicago area?
1680s
500
In what year did the Native Americans burn down the military fort?
1812 (during the War of 1812)
500
What develoment allowed livestock and grain to be bought and sold on paper?
The Chicago Board of Trade
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