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The 1871 Great Chicago Fire In 1871 Chicago [ The Windy City} was a city that was more than ready to burn it was one of the most flammable time in Chicago history. This time in history was one of Chicago's most devastating times that chicago has ever.This fire destroyed the majority of all of chicago. In Jim Murphy’s book The Great Fire chapter 1 “A City Ready To Burn” talks about this topic and how Chicago was ready to burn. In 1871 Chicago the city was literally almost all made of wood. There

“What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good to those around us”(Dorothea Dix Quotes). The same person that said this famous quote started the evolution to a better path for the imprisoned and the mentally ill in the 1800’s. Dorothea Lynde Dix, a famous Civil War nurse made a difference in this world by traveling around the world to give back and help the ill and imprisoned. She gave them better lives as well as taking a stand for women to be able to help the wounded

In 1871 October eighth, the fire known as the Great Chicago fire almost illiberated the whole city. So, because of the Great Chicago fire, we start to think of three questions. What seems to have caused the fire? What factors contributed to the spread of the fire? Could the disaster have been prevented? For the first question is what seems to have caused the fire? The fire was caused by the unusually warm weather in October, a lot of wood things made, and in poorer districts the lot sizes were

The Great Chicago Fire was a gigantic disaster. Legend has it that a cow in a barn kicked over a lantern and that is how the fire started. The fire started in Chicago Illinois, on the night of October 8th, 1871 and ended on October 10th, 1871. The fire destroyed thousands of buildings and sadly killed over 300 people. A lot of damage was done in that fire. Other theories that have been told are that humans or even meteors might have been responsible for the start of the Chicago Fire. The month after

The Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea, is an invasive freshwater bivalve that is found in many streams, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs around the world (Bullard & Hershey, 2013). Originally native to Southeast Asia, it has had large ecological and economic impacts in many aquatic ecosystems (as cited in Gulyás, Sümegi, Szalóki, & Nenadic, 2012). Its asexual behavior, lack of need for a host, and strong sense of adaptability are the cause of its massive spread. Generally, Corbicula fluminea like warm

Lincoln Steffens was born in 1866 in San Francisco, CA. Joseph Steffens and Elizabeth Louisa Symes were his parents. Joseph Steffens is a wealthy businessman, and he grew up very privileged. His parents went on to have three girls after his birth and he grew up in Sacramento. Lincoln Steffens attended an expensive military academy, and later attended and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1889. His father then gave him $100 and said that his days of study were over and now

First, the city I live in is Decatur, Illinois. Decatur’s population is estimated around 74,000 people. It is one of the largest cities in Macon County. Founded in 1829, it is located along the Sangamon River in central Illinois. The motto of the town currently is, “We like it here”. The unofficial motto is “The Pride of the Prairie”. Decatur is home to agriculture giants such as Archer Daniels Midland, and Staley’s currently renamed Tate and Lyle. The geography of Decatur includes two mini subdivisions

The University of Chicago is located in Hyde Park and serves the South Side of Chicago, including the neighborhoods of Hyde Park, Oakland, North Kenwood, and Woodlawn. This area of Chicago is known to be diverse and culturally developed. Although, it is a lively community, the South side of Chicago is a poverty-stricken community. The community suffers from many health disparities due to low income, limited access to health care, unemployment, violence, and limited education ("Community," 2016)

Neither Henry Ford nor Henry Mercer was trained or credentialed in the study of history, but each developed a vision both of what American history ought to be and of how it ought to be studied. Their experiments stood as alternatives to the more narrowly focused academic history that would ultimately triumph. Henry Ford built a history museum in two parts, the galleries displaying a variety of objects and the village itself, however, can also be seen as collection of architectural objects on a grand

with the conditions of the prisons that she witnessed. Dix then went on to be a renowned advocate for the mentally ill. She urged more humane treatment-based care than what was given to the mentally ill in the prisons. In 1847, she urged that the Illinois legislature to provide an appropriate