Find out more about the people and events featured in the film.
People:
Jane Addams Philip Armour Jean Baptiste Point du Sable The Everleigh Sisters Marshall Field Carter Harrison Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet Cyrus McCormick William Butler Ogden Bertha Palmer Potter Palmer George Pullman Louis Sullivan Aaron Montgomery Ward Ida Wells Capitalists, Con Men, and Quality Control Charles Hutchinson and the Art Institute Theodore Thomas and the Chicago Symphony William Harper and the University of Chicago
Events:
The Chicago Fire of 1871 The Haymarket Affair The Illinois and Michigan Canal World's Columbian Exposition - the Court of Honor World's Columbian Exposition - the Midway
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