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Chicago Becomes Trade Nexus

Chicago Becomes Trade Nexus. Illinois and Michigan Canal. 100 miles separated Illinois River from Lake Michigan Thousands of Irish Immigrants worked on canal 1836 – 1848 Ended in Bridgeport and connected with Chicago River Quickly filled with filth

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Chicago Becomes Trade Nexus

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  1. Chicago Becomes Trade Nexus

  2. Illinois and Michigan Canal • 100 miles separated Illinois River from Lake Michigan • Thousands of Irish Immigrants worked on canal • 1836 – 1848 • Ended in Bridgeport and connected with Chicago River • Quickly filled with filth • City streets had to be raised for new sewage drain system

  3. Railroads in Chicago • 1848 – Galena and Chicago Railway • By 1852 – Chicago had 5 lines • By 1856 – 10 lines • Chicago becomes railroad hub of COUNTRY. • Connects prairie to cities 1858 Map of US RR

  4. McCormick’s Revolution • Agricultural production – largely unchanged for 5,000 years • McCormick’s reaper allowed farmers the ability to harvest 15 acres a day. • Won gold medal at 1851 London Exposition. • Producing thousands annually by 1850s. • Largest employer in Chicago during mid 19th Century.

  5. Chicago Stockyards • 1865 – 1971 • Millions of pigs and cattle passed through annually. • Swift and Armour • Developed key efficiencies in business production • “The Jungle” – 1906 – Upton Sinclair • “Bubbly Creek”

  6. Union Stockyards

  7. Mail Order Catalogs • Montgomery Ward • Sears Roebuck • Developed advertising as essential business tool. • Begins 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward (single page catalog. • By 1900, over 20,000 goods being sold in each catalog • Sears was largest company in the world

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