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these circumstances have transformed the once small suburban town of Aurora into one of the largest city in Illinois. Aurora’s size, density, and diverse population have made it the city it is today. Although, Aurora is drastically different than Chicago, it still possessed the key characteristics of a city while remaining unique. From the cities infancy Aurora has been a front-runner in innovation, in fact; Aurora was the first town in Illinois to light its streets with electric lights, and with

Journal entry # 1 Dust city is grim fairy tale mainly based on mystery, action/adventure and, magic. The story takes place in Dust city, a fictional place which inhabits humans and, animals that have evolved from their original form and have become half human and half animal, humanoids. Hovering above the city is Eden which was once the inhabitancy of fairies. The story sets place in a time period where the fairies have abandoned the city and companies like Numbus and luster labs have started to

convention, there was a heated debate on whether the convention should be hosted at Chicago or Miami. Both Chicago’s mayor Richard Maley and President Johnson wanted the convention to stay in Chicago. Other Democrats, however, wanted the convention to be moved to Miami, where the Republican National Convention was taking place. Miami was suitable for the convention and could be easily be reported. In 1968, Chicago was plagued with race riots and strikes. The strikes had left communication lines in

combat the problems of social inequality she had observed in U.S. society, in 1889 Jane Addams founded Hull-House, a progressive settlement house in Chicago. Hull-House was based on a European settlement house, Toynbee Hall, in London's East End, which she had visited in 1888. The next year, she leased and moved in a large home built by Charles Hull in Chicago. She publicized Hull-House and her causes by lecturing and writing. In addition to making speeches about the needs of the neighborhood, she published

Thomas Nast, 1840-1902, was a political cartoonist who is known by some historians as “the father of modern political American political cartooning” (Simpson, ANBO). This is due in part because Nast was the person who created the donkey symbol to represent the Democratic Party and elephant symbol to represent the Republican Party. Another reason why Nast earned this title and therefore should be studied is that he changed the way cartoonists delivered their context. Before the Civil War cartoonist

The busy streets of New York City, filled with skyscrapers and food carts is the city that I grew up in. As an immigrant, New York City is one of the greatest cities to live and grow in. From it’s unlimited opportunities to the multicultural population, it has created a whole new society consisted of integration amongst different people. One aspect that makes New York City exciting to me is the diversity of the people. I came to the United States as an immigrant and residing in New York City makes

Title Page: Welcome to Carpenters’ Hall built in 1770 off Chestnut Street in Historic downtown Philadelphia. One of the most important meeting places in American History Historical Information The Carpenters Company was founded in 1724 but had no meeting house of their own. After many years of meeting in rented rooms,They selected a building site a 100 feet away from Benjamin Franklin’s home. This would be the site of the current building designed by Robert Smith. They continued and fished

In the novel, Detroit: An American Autopsy, Charlie LeDuff, a former reporter for The Detroit News and The New York Times, provides a personal account of his experience of returning to his hometown of Detroit after journalistic work in New York and Los Angeles. Detroit has long been a prime example of urban decay: it is a city that presents images of mass unemployment, political corruption, looming bankruptcy, abandoned buildings, and senseless slaughter. It has gone through major economic, political

Crystal Frazier Master of Social Worker Changing Lives Jane Addams Jane Addams is an American social activist. She is known as the “mother of Social Work. She also was the co-founder of the Hull House. The Hull House was a settlement house that Ellen Gates Starr and Jane Addams found in 1889. She was the voice for the poor, immigrants, and women. She has a great collection of numerous articles and books. The Hull House provided great services that helped women and provided care for children. It

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson has two main characters, Daniel H. Burnham and H. H. Holmes. Burnham is the protagonist. He was an accomplished architect who was chosen to design the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. ''It was easy to see how he got commissions. His very bearing and looks were half the battle. He had only to assert the most commonplace thing and it sounded important and convincing'' (Larson 26). This was how he was able to successfully build the fair of people's dreams. He