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"Chicago."A + E Networks, accessed March 5, 2015, http://www.history.com/topics/chicago.

This website
provides a general overview of the history of Chicago from the early Native American days of the city to the mid twentieth century. Important political, economic, and cultural events are explained and there is a lot of information
about the different groups of people who moved into the city. In addition to the general overview, the website gives links to videos about specific topics such as Al Capone and the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, as well as a tab with
speeches and audio from Chicago.

"City of Chicago Facts and Statistics." City of Chicago, accessed March 5, 2015,
http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/about/facts.html.

This site is helpful in providing current information about the city of Chicago. In addition to present statistics, historical facts are given. These important facts are straightforward and the site provides the year for each event. This fact page
is put out by the City of Chicago, which in addition to containing information about the city, provides links to the government officials and departments, the programs and initiatives, the city services, and information about the people Chicago serves.

Elson, Mary. "Chicago: A Portrait and Brief History." Social Policy 32, no. 3 (2002): 37-39.

These few pages about Chicago are a part of a larger volume titled Social Policy. This section contains a general history of Chicago with special regard to the Great Chicago Fire, industry such as railroads and meatpacking, and the historical demographics of the city. The story of the young African American man who swam up onto a bank in a white neighborhood and was stoned to death for it, sparking the largest race riot in Chicago’s history in 1919, is particularly interesting in this source.