Vocabulary
This was a new railroad system in Chicago. Early trains were called this name, because they did the work of horses
Iron horses
How many stars are on the flag
In 1770 this man from Haiti, a successful fur trader, came to the Chicago area
Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable
Where did the Great Chicago Fire start
in the O'Leary family's barn
Du Sable married the daughter of this chief
Potawatomi
A place where animals are kept in pens or butchered for meat
The two stripes above and below the stars stand for this
The two branches of the Chicago River
In 1673, these two men originally from Europe, were headed back to Canada, traveling north on the Des Plaines River, across the portage to the Chicago River when they encountered the Potawatomi
Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette
How did the fire finally end
It started to rain, the drought finally ended
The reason Chicago was a good place for soldiers from many Northern states to gather
Because of Chicago's central location and its many railroads
The Potawatomi set up these homes in the winter, made from mats hung over poles and helped keep the people inside snug and warm
In 1933 Chicago held this fair, one of the four important events in Chicago's history
Century of Progress Exposition
Invented the reaper machine in 1834 (a machine that would cut standing wheat with a long blade)- the machine that changed farming forever and the binder (tied the wheat into bundles with wire)
Cyrus Hall McCormick
What did people do to avoid the fire
Fled toward the North side and jumped into Lake Michigan
This is the side of the war the people of Chicago supported
The Northern states or North's side
Name of a budling made from steel and concrete that are tall or taller than normal buildings. The first one was built in Chicago in 1885
skyscraper
In 1803 this was built, the first event represented as a star on the Chicago flag
Fort Dearborn
The largest group of American Indians that lived in the Chicago area near the shores of Lake Michigan
Potawatomi Indians
What three reasons caused the Chicago Fire to spread quickly
Wind, that summer there had been a drought and the many houses that were built out of wood
Today, Du Sable is thought of as the person who founded, or began this city
Chicago
What are two possible origins for the name Checagou
First is wild onions, because they grew along the swampy banks. The other reason is it sounds like a Potawatomi word for "skunk", because they were one of the many animals living along the river's banks
In 1893 Chicago held its first fair named this
World's Columbian Exposition
She ran Hull House ( a place offering poor people resources), worked for laws that stopped factories from using children as workers, and changes in the city government to help the poor
Jane Addams