Chicago
This Chicago disaster in 1871 left over 100,000 people homeless.
Chicago Fire
Native peoples of the Great Plains depended heavily on this animal.
Buffalo
The first enslaved Africans arrived in the English colonies in this year.
1619
This means family group within a tribe
Clan
Colonists often drank this beverage more than water, even at breakfast.
Beer
The world’s first Ferris wheel debuted at this 1893 Chicago event.
Colombian Exposition
his crop, often called maize, was the foundation of Native agriculture.
Corn
Enslaved people in the Caribbean and southern colonies often worked on these large estates.
Plantations
Stories passed down verbally
Oral Tradition
This famous midnight rider also worked as a silversmith.
Paul Revere
This nickname for Chicago comes from its blustery politics, not its weather.
Windy City
This confederacy created a sophisticated political system influencing U.S. democracy.
Iroquois Confederacy
This trade route connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas in the exchange of goods and people
Triangular Trade
Forcing or persuading people to adopt a new religion
Conversion
The Salem Witch Trials occurred in this New England colony.
Massachusetts
The Haymarket Affair of 1886 in Chicago was tied to this movement for workers. (we get a day off for this)
The Sioux, Comanche, and Cheyenne only gained widespread use of this animal after European contact.
Horse
This type of whip was used on the slaves to keep them pacified (remember the video)
This disease wiped out 90% of Native populations
smallpox
The only sitting U.S. president to lead troops into war
George Washington
Jane Addams founded this famous settlement house in Chicago in 1889.
Hull House
John Smith set up the first colony in the year of...
1607
This ship was the site of a slave rebellion (remember your stations)
Amistad
The forced or involuntary removal of people from their homeland or usual place of residence
Displacement
July 4, 1776