1. 1.STEEL IS THE MAIN INDUSTRY 2.THE BESSEMER PROCESS: PROCESS TO MAKE STRONG STEEL OUT OF IRON AT LOW COST 3.3 RIVERS (TRANSPORTATION)& NEARBY COAL MINES (RESOURCES) HELPED THE CITY THRIVE 4.ANDREW CARNEGIE WAS THE CAPTAIN OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY AND A PHILANTHROPIST (DONATES MONEY TO ESTABLISHES CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS) 5.HOMESTEAD STRIKE OCCURRED HERE (LOWERED WAGES BUT NOT RENT)

2. 1.THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY WAS THE MAJOR INDUSTRY 2.THE ASSEMBLY LINE, DEVELOPED BY HENRY FORD, MADE THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY VERY AFFORDABLE AND PROFITABLE 3.HENRY FORD FOUNDED THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY HERE 4.FORD’S REPUTATION FOR PAYING HIGH WAGES, HIS WILLINGNESS TO HIRE ALL RACES, IMMIGRANTS, AND EVEN RECRUIT FROM OVERSEAS MADE THIS ONE OF THE MOST RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DIVERSE CITIES 5.A NBA FRANCHISE PLAYS HERE AND ITS NAME REFERS TO THE LINK TO THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY

3. 1.THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE HAPPENED HERE (WORKERS WERE LOCKED IN TO KEEP THEM WORKING – LED TO REFORM MOVEMENT) 2.JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER WAS FROM HERE - ROCKEFELLER CENTER WAS NAMED IN HIS HONOR FOR HIS PHILANTHROPY 3.CARNEGIE’S “GOSPEL OF WEALTH” LED HIM TO DONATE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS - CARNEGIE HALL (WEALTHY RESPONSIBLE FOR POOR & CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT) 4.THIS CITY HAS BECOME A WORLD LEADER IN FASHION BECAUSE OF ITS HISTORICAL LINK TO THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY (MAKING CLOTHES) 5.THE NBA “KNICKS” PLAY HERE (NAMED AFTER A STYLE OF PANTS)

4. CHICAGOCHICAGO 1.THE PULLMAN STRIKE OCCURRED HERE (RAILWAY CARS- LOWERED WAGES BUT NOT RENT) 2.THIS CITY WAS CONSUMED BY A “GREAT FIRE” IN 1871 (OVERCROWED/WOOD FRAMES) 3.THE HAYMARKET RIOT TOOK PLACE HERE (STOCKYARDS- WORKERS STRIKE TURNS VIOLENT) 4.THE STOCKYARDS WERE PART OF THE MEATPACKING INDUSTRY THAT THRIVED HERE 5.THE NBA “BULLS” PLAY HERE & THE NAME IS LINKED TO THE CATTLE THAT WAS BROUGHT THERE

5. 1.THE “MILL GIRLS” OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS WERE 30 MILES AWAY FROM BOSTON AND SHARED IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY FOCUSING ON FABRICS 2.THE FIRST AMERICAN COTTON MILL WAS BUILT HERE IN 1875 3.MECHANIZATION OF THIS INDUSTRY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY LEAD TO A BOOM IN MANUFACTURING 4.CONDITIONS IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY LED TO A PUSH FOR FEMALE LABOR REFORM 5.THEY HAVE NO PROFESSIONAL TEAM NAMES THAT REFER TO THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY BUT THE CELTICS OF THE NBA DO REFLECT THE IRISH IMMIGRATION TO THE AREA DURING THIS TIME