CHICAGO HISTORY CONT.

World Columbian Exposition

The Columbian Exposition was held in 1893 only 22 years after the fire.

The fair was the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Columbus discovery of America.

The buildings that housed the fair were known as the White City.

Millions will come to the fair and new items were created and shown.

Chicago Haves and Have-Nots Chicago had the very wealthy and the very

poor In 1900, 77 percent of Chicago population

were foreign-born. On average people were paid 45 dollars a

month and rent was about 8 dollars a month.

Children were forced to work to help support their families.

World Columbian Exposition

Jane Addams

Came from an upper-middle class family but could not live in that life style knowing that the poor were suffering and created Hull House

Hull House helped to educate and give people a helping hand.

There were other places that helped the needy such as the Central Relief Association and taverns.

Baseball in Chicago

Before the Chicago Cubs were known for being the Cubs what were they?

When was the last time that they won a world series?

What is the new team called at the turn of the century when they come to Chicago?

The Great Migration

What was known as the Great Migration? When did the did the Great Migration

take place?

The Great Migration

The Great Migration took place as a result of World War I when thousand of young men joined the military and factories in the north needed workers.

African Americans saw this as an opportunity to make a better living for themselves and to get away from the south.

What did they find?

Great Migration

They found jobs until the war ended and the white men came home.

They found prejudice and conflict. This will result in the race riots of 1919

when 23 African Americans are killed and 15 whites.

What caused the race riots of 1919?

Corrupt Chicago

Chicago in the early 1900’s had a lot of corruption and crime running throughout it from the mayor on down.

Along with corruption their were mobsters and gangs.

Gangsters

In the 1920’s Chicago had a huge problem with gangsters.

Johnny Torrio- controlled the largest section of the city followed by Dion O’Banion and Terry Druggan

Between the three there would be fighting and murders.

Al Capone will come into the mix when Torrio gives some of his operations to Capone.

Gangsters

Capone and Torrio will be double crossed by O’Banion who will be killed in 1924.

Torrio will go to jail after being shot at, but once he is done with jail he will give up his operations and leave Chicago for good for Italy.

Capone will have to fight it out with Weiss and in the process at least 500 men are killed.

Gangsters

Weiss will be killed and Capone’s only real rival is going to be George Morgan.

To settle the rival between Morgan and Capone there are more hits which will lead to the St. Valentine’s Day massacre where seven gangster were killed.

No one is ever arrested for it Capone will finally be arrested and put in

jail for 11 years for tax evasion.

Jazz Age

During the 1920’s is also when the Jazz Age takes off in Chicago.

One of the most famous jazz players is going to be Louis Armstrong.

Most jazz band are African American By the 1930’s most of the famous jazz

player of Chicago have moved to New York City.

Chicago Turns 100

When Chicago turned a hundred it was in the mists of the Great Depression but they still held a World’s Fair in 1933.

What had changed in Chicago in a 100 years?

Great Depression in Chicago The Great Depression hit Chicago hard

with half of the workforce out of jobs. President Franklin Roosevelt created

new programs under the New Deal. In Chicago thanks to the New Deal

programs helped to finish Midway Airport and Lake Shore Drive.

World War II

Chicago went from 50 percent to 1 percent unemployment.

Chicago sent young men to fight just like all the town across America.

Chicago had to deal with shortages of items such as food, clothing, and fuel.

World War II

There were racial tension during World War II against the German, Italian, and Japanese. The reason being people were afraid that they might attack them.

In Chicago it got so bad that Filipinos started wear badges that labeled them as Americans.

Women also had to step up to the plate, and take on more jobs.

World War II ended on August 14, 1945

After the War

With the end of war brought fear to Chicagoan’s that there might be another depression.

What happened is Chicago began to grow once more people did not need the weapons planes but they wanted for other items.

Also most people had saved up their money so after the war they were able to spend money on items.

Changing Skyline

After the war skyscrapers began to pop up throughout Chicago.

Two of the most famous are the John Hancock Center(1969) and Sears Tower(1974).

The two buildings were designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM).

More Racial Tension

After the war African Americans once again lost their jobs to white soldiers returning home.

There was still prejudice going on between the races African American did not have the Jim Crow laws like the south .

By 1960 over 800,000 African American were living in Chicago but they among the poorest and lived in the worse conditions.

Racial Tensions

By 1960 over 800,000 African American were living in Chicago but they among the poorest and lived in the worse conditions.

To cope with the problem the Chicago Housing Authority built low income properties for the African Americans.

Schools in African American communities were very poor.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Comes to Chicago Dr. King comes to Chicago to help the

civil rights movement. King will moved to Chicago to show how

bad conditions were for African American.

Not much change is done . Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be killed on

April 4, 1968.

Daley is elected Mayor

He will hold office from 1955 until his death in 1978.

He will be know for his political machine. He will give jobs to his friend or people that he is indebted to.

Daley will have many projects including the Dan Ryan Express way and the University of Illinois at Chicago.

After Daley

There will be several mayors including Michael Bilandic Jane Byrne- the first female in 1979 Harold Washington is the first African

American in 1983 David Orr as interim mayor Eugene Sawyer Richard M. Dailey mayor

Millennium Park

Was finished in2004 with some problems, but most people enjoying.

The final price was around $475 and behind schedule it fits in to the city.