1. CHICAGO
The windy city

2. Country………..
United States
State …………..
Counties
Illinois
Cook DuPage
Settled
1770s
Government
*Type
Mayor –Council
*Mayor
Rahm Emanuel
*City Council
Area
*City
606.1km2
*Land
588Km2
*Water
18km2
*Urban
5,498km2
*Metro
28,160Km2
Elevation 182m
Population 2011 Estimate
City
2,707,120

3. FLAG
SEAL

4. The Early Days
The name Chicago
The first Europeans:Father Jacques
Marquette and a cartographer Louis Joliet.Jean
Baptiste du Sable-Fur trades
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5. 1848 0ne of the most important
years
The first telegraph connection.
The opening of the first rail link
Completion of the 100-mile Illinois and
Michigan Canal
The founding of the Chicago Board of
Trade to regulate the growing grain
trade.

6. Prior to the turn of the century
•
Chicago was leading to devastating
cholera and typhoid epidemics.
• Great Chicago Fire 1871

7. The tallest skylines

10. Today’s Museum of Science and industry
1893 WORLD COLUMBIAN

11. It was by 1900 the fifth largest
city in the world,with more than
a million residents
The booming economy also attracted
entrepreneurs
The World’s leading steel producers.

12. Chicago
• Where bootlegging
was dominated by a
notorious gangster
named Al Capone
Mayors and other city officials
maintained their power by
doling out patronage jobs and
favors in return for political
support.
The most skilled Richard J.Daley
•

13. Residents include immigrants
from all over the world

14. Music
Jazz and blues

15. The Central business district
“Loop”
• It has become a major financial center

16. • O’Hare International
Airport
• University

17. An Array of Leisure Activities
• Sears Tower
Skydeck
• Navy Pier

18. Millennium Park
• Jay Pritzker Pavilion
• Crow Fountain

19. Cloud Gate

20. Lurie Garden

21. Art. Institute of Chicago

22. Field Museum of Natural History

23. Museum of Science and Industry

24. Shedd Aquarium