In the early days, Chicago was inhabited by Algonquian people. With the opening of the Illinois and Michigan Canal - that runs down to the Gulf of Mexico - and the first rail line to Chicago, the city started to become the national transportation hub with road, rail, water and, air connections. Also, Chicago sits in the center of the most fertile agricultural areas of the United States. Because of all those factors, Chicago grew quickly - in less than 20 years the population grew from 4 thousand inhabitants to 169 thousand.
Because they agreed that the troops had acted in self-defense
He made a law emancipation of slaves. He also worked as a governor for New York
The term was coined by Time publisher Henry Luce to describe what he thought the role of the United States would be and should be during the 20th century.
