HISTORY OF CHICAGO FINAL EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+
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HISTORY OF CHICAGO FINAL EXAM |
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) |
LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+
Jacques Marquette
Correct Answer: Marquette was a Jesuit priest; Marquette stayed in Chicago for the
winter of 1674, becoming one of the first Europeans to live here.
Louis Joliet
Correct Answer:...
1 HISTORY OF CHICAGO FINAL EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ Jacques Marquette Correct Answer: Marquette was a Jesuit priest; Marquette stayed in Chicago for the winter of 1674, becoming one of the first Europeans to live here. Louis Joliet Correct Answer: Joliet was a fur trader and mapmaker. one of the first Europeans to see and map the land of chicago Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable Correct Answer: the first permanent settler(non -native american) in Chicago was Fort Dearborn Correct Answer: this became the site of a conflict between Americans and groups of native americans "Canal Fever" 2 Correct Answer: inspired by the Erie Canal's smashing success. The canal revolutionized the economy of the Atlantic seaboard. It lowered transportation costs dramatically First major inland waterway Land speculation Correct Answer: many purchasers bought land they had never seen, and prices bore no relationship to the real economic value of the land. They instead represented investors' inflated dreams of what the land might be worth in the future. buying land at a low price and r eselling at a high price Underground Railroad Correct Answer: Chicago had become a key stop on the Underground Railroad. Numerous runaway slaves passed through the city on their way to Canada and freedom. Cyrus McCormick Correct Answer: was an American inventor and business person, the founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which later became part of the International Harvester Company in 1902. the reaper allowed farmers to harvest grain crops more efficiency it was inve nted by Philip Armour
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