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1. What does the name 'Chicago' mean?
2. What Fort was established on the site of Chicago and later became the location of a massacre of settlers by hostile Native Americans?
3. In the 1880s, an employer created a separate community where his workers could become more productive. In 1894, a group of these workers went on strike in response to their employer cutting their wages, but not reducing the price of rent in their homes. Who was their employer?
4. What was the name of the fair, held to commemorate the 400 year anniversary of Columbus discovering America for Europe?
5. The Great Chicago Fire destroyed much of the city and killed hundreds of people. When did it occur?
6. In 1903, 602 people perished in a theater that caught fire. Though tragic, it led to increased fire safety in buildings in the long run. What was the name of the theater?
7. Chicago is known as the meat packing center of the United States. But the stockyards of Chicago were not pleasant places. Upton Sinclair wrote a book describing the conditions of the Union Stockyards. What was the name of this book?
8. Who became mayor of Chicago in 2003?
9. The Sears Tower was the tallest building in the United States when it was built in Chicago. When was it built?
10. An easy question to finish it up. What notorious gangster is most often associated with Chicago?
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