The White City
This lead architect is famous for the quote, "Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood."
Who is Daniel H. Burnham?
This massive amusement ride made its world debut at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
What is the Ferris Wheel?
This man is often referred to as America’s first serial killer.
Who is Dr. Henry Howard Holmes?
Holmes often sold the remains of his victims to these institutions.
What are medical schools?
This author wrote the famous book The Devil in the White City, which intertwines the stories of Burnham and Holmes.
Who is Erik Larson?
The buildings in the "White City" were not made of stone, but were actually coated in this material.
What is white plaster?
This newly invented technology was used to famously illuminate the fairgrounds at night.
What is electrical light?
H.H. Holmes built this large, deadly building in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago.
What is the "Murder Castle"?
While his true victim count is unknown, it is speculated to be as high as this number.
What is 200?
In 2010, this famous actor purchased the film rights to Larson’s book.
Who is Leonardo DiCaprio?
This central area of the fair featured a grand Basin surrounded by Neoclassical palaces.
What is the Court of Honor?
This popular snack food, often found at baseball games, was one of the products introduced at the fair.
What is Cracker Jack?
Holmes specifically used the influx of these people as his primary prey during the fair.
Who are young women?
The "Murder Castle" contained these specific features to trap and dispose of victims(name two).
What are secret passages, trapdoors, soundproof rooms, or a crematorium?
According to your thesis, the fair functioned as this type of "mask" that enabled Holmes' crimes.
What is a "gilded mask"?
The fair served as a utopian version of the urban experience and helped launch this urban planning movement.
Over this many people are estimated to have visited the Chicago World's Fair.
These two sisters vanished in July 1893 after being lured by Holmes with promises of wealth.
Who are Minnie and Nannie Williams?
Holmes' criminal career included these non-violent crimes before his execution in 1896 (name two).
What are insurance fraud, forgery, swindling, bigamy, or horse theft?
The duality of the era highlighted in Larson's narrative contrasts America's peak optimism with this.
What is "darkness and danger"?
Marie-Thérèse Blanc described her experience at the fair as a "bewildered impression" and a recollection of this type.
What is a "dreamy recollection"?
Besides the Ferris Wheel, your slides mention this was another first-of-its-kind transportation innovation at the fair.
What is a moving walkway?
After his arrest, Holmes later made the sensational claim that he was possessed by this entity.
Who is Satan?
This man was an example mentioned in the slides of a "pathological lie" or contradictory account from Holmes' life.
Who is Dr. Robert Leacock?
Your resolution statement argues the fair prioritized this over public safety.
What is spectacle?