Introduction
Chicago is one of the most important cities in the United States. It sports some of the most interesting history in one period of 50 years than most cities face in a lifetime. From the Great Fire that bore the seeds of the most modern city of the Progressive Age, to the problems the city faced in the wake of the prohibition, Chicago has always had an interesting history.
This website chronicles many of the most tumultuous eras in the history of Chicago, including:
-The 1870's and the Great Fire
-The Post-Progressive Era
-The Roaring 20's and the Prohibition
-The Depression and Chicago's response to the Economic Downturn
It also includes maps and landscape data, as well as population graphs and related numbers for the decades described in the historical segments.
Below are a collection of helpful buttons that link directly to the different aspects of the site.
This website chronicles many of the most tumultuous eras in the history of Chicago, including:
-The 1870's and the Great Fire
-The Post-Progressive Era
-The Roaring 20's and the Prohibition
-The Depression and Chicago's response to the Economic Downturn
It also includes maps and landscape data, as well as population graphs and related numbers for the decades described in the historical segments.
Below are a collection of helpful buttons that link directly to the different aspects of the site.