History of Chicago from Trading Post to Metropolis
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Use this page to help you keep track of your progress through the chapters of History 307.

Module 1

• Chapter 1 - Early Exploration and Settlement
• Chapter 2 - From Town to City
• Chapter 3 - Technology and Change
• Chapter 4 - Unprecedented Growth and Unprecedented Destruction

Module 2

• Chapter 1 - Political Wars in Chicago, 1873 to 1886
• Chapter 2 - Reforming the City, 1873 to 1894
• Chapter 3 - Chicago in the Progressive Era, 1894 to 1911
• Chapter 4 - Prohibition Politics - Chicago Style, 1911 to 1919

Module 3

• Chapter 1 - Chicago In The Roaring Twenties
• Chapter 2 - Chicago During The Great Depression
• Chapter 3 - Race and Politics, 1940 ­ 1959
• Chapter 4 - Chicago and Richard J. Daley: 1960 - 1975
• Chapter 5 - The Decline of The Democratic Machine, 1976 - 1983
• Chapter 6 - The Washington Era and its Aftermath

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