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Stop #1 HAY MARKET RIOT
• In the nation-wide strike for the 8-hour workday, which began May 1, 1886, a huge meeting was held on the night of May 4th in the Chicago Haymarket. When police ordered the protest meeting to disperse, a bomb was thrown toward the police by an unknown person. The police responded by firing at the crowd. This became known as the "Haymarket Riot," now more properly named the Haymarket Tragedy because of what had happened. The 8-Hour Day Movement was destroyed.
The protesters were sow mad that this tragedy had happened that they arrested 7 man that they believed that they had done it but with no proof the court executed 3 of the man later putting the 4 behind bars one suicide them self and the 3 were stuck in jail in till the court decided something. 13 year later the man were let go because of not in of information.

Stop#2 the Chicago fire
• Many peoples houses were destroyed because the fire no one really nose how it happened but a hypothesis is that well a cow that belonged to Catherine O’Leary had kicked a lamp and the fire started in 137 dekoven street and it stretched as far as to day we call the gold cost community of Chicago. This is how a cow almost destroyed the a city.
Stop #3
• Since 1892 the world famous Chicago “L” carries half a million people this amazing transportation has over 222 miles of track. But the heavy, rumbling “L” has a liter side to. It has been in the movie spider man and has transported more than 10,000 people in Chicago this transportation has been up for many year and had many tempts to tear it down.
Stop #4 Chicago communities
• There are many Chicago communities and all are special and unlike many of this street have had homes built for the richest man in the united states this is the windy city .Many people that live here are very strong to survive very cold weather and very hot weather this city has many stranger weather .this city has many different races such as Mexicans African American and many others .this is the land of Lincoln and now the land of Obama.