Describe the growth of Chicago

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Answer: Founded on Lake Michigan in 1833, Chicago grew rapidly with the rise of the stockyard industry during and after the Civil War. Lumber and grain also fed the city's residential and industrial expansion over time. Although devastated by fire in 1871, it rebounded and increased population to 1.6 million by 1900. In 1893 its central importance as America's major city of the interior was showcased when it hosted the World's Columbian Exposition.

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Africans helped to construct the Spanish settlement of St. Augustine, Florida, in the 1500s

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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The imaginations of the Romantics were fired by the medieval ___________ against Islam

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Which of the following is NOT true of postpositivism?

A. Cultural context influences what evidence is accepted as valid. B. Science is never free of bias. C. Science is a cumulative process susceptible to shifting conclusions. D. Empirical investigation is an inferior method towards studying politically charged questions.

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During the Lawrence Textile Strike, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn spoke for

A) the townspeople of Lawrence. B) the Everett Cotton Mill owners. C) Lithuanian workers. D) the Industrial Workers of the World.

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