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The Great Chicago Fire
(n.d.). Rescue and Relief. Retrieved from www.greatchicagofire.org

Summary: After the Great Chicago fire Mayor Mason enlisted local officials to help distribute supplies and protect the people of Chicago. Later Mason turned those responsibilities over to The Chicago Relief and Aid Society.

Quotes: "this makeshift group of leaders also established a Relief Committee"..."The Committee's talk was to organize and administer the distribution of food and supplies, and money." "a mix of regular troops, militia units, police, and a specially organized 'First Regiment of Chicago Volunteers'..."patrolled the streets, guarded the relief warehouses, and enforced curfews and other regulations." "the Society not only distributed food and clothing but also made available the materials for several thousand simple 'shelter houses'." "its work was a model of a new kind of 'scientific' charity"

Paraphrase: the Relief and Aid Society did many things for Chicago citizens, their works include; distributing food, supplies, tools, money, clothes, employment, transportation, and health ( they vaccinated thousands of Chicagoans against smallpox) they also encouraged the able bodied to not be lazy but to be proactive in searching for work and getting back on their own two feet instead of relying on the Society.

.http://www.greatchicagofire.org/ This website has a lot of information about the fire and the events/ effects after the fire. .http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/chicago-fire-1871-and-great-rebuilding/?ar_a=1 there is more information about rebuilding Chicago after the fire and the new building techniques, like fireproof building, on this website.

Chicago Historical Society(1999) The great Chicago Fire. Retrieved from http://www.chicagohs.org/history/fire/fire1a.html This website focuses mainly on exactly what happened but I feel that it has good information and pictures about the fire. __**Summary:**__ This section of the website is about the recovery of the city. It mentions in the beginning that all the rubble was pushed into the lake south of the river and then continues to talk about the city's recovery(i.e. building real estate and businesses) __**Quotes:**__ "The rubble was swept away, a good portion of it pushed into the lake south of the river to create new real estate." "Some broadsides, perhaps indicating the new addresses of businesses, are already posted, and the rubble is being gathered into piles, but the awesome wreck of the old city and the smoky atmosphere still dominate the scene" "This is one of a series of views documenting the progress of rebuilding from the top of the Water Tower. The lake shore is visible on the right, and Lincoln Park is straight ahead." __**Paraphrase:**__ After the fire, the recovery led to the improvement of the fire department.

Schons,Mary. (2011, January). The Chicago fire and the 'great rebuilding'. Retrieved from www.nationalgeographic.com

Summary: Chicago School is the streamlined style of building used in rebuilding Chicago. Some of the leading Chicago School architects include William Le Baron Jenney, and Louis Sullivan. Chicago School architects were some of the first to use steel in their buildings. using steel allowed for more windows because of its light but strong qualities.

Quotes: "The 'Great Rebuilding' was the effort to construct a new, urban center. Big businesses, innovative buildings, and a new style of architecture were the results." "After the fire, laws were passed requiring new buildings be constructed with fire proof materials such as brick, stone, marble, and limestone." "Jenney's Home Insurance Building, on LaSalle Street, was the first to make use of a steel cage to provide a building's support."

Paraphrase: Because fireproof building materials were now required, Chicago turned to Terra-cotta clay as an effective building material.

Unknown. (N.D). The History of Chicago Fire Department. Retrieved from http://www.cityofchicago.org/dam/city/depts/cfd/general/PDFs/HistoryOfTheChicagoFireDepartment_1.pdf this website focuses on the history of the chicago fire department. I feel that this site could possibly help with improvement of the fire department after the great chicago fire. __**Summary:**__ This page starts talking the Chicago fire(page 7) and the generalization of what the fire was and what happened. Then goes into details of the fire department. __**Quotes:**__"The minimal provisions invited disaster. The city was crippled, seventeen engines (one disabled in the October 7th fire and two in the repair shop) and only two hundred sixteen firemen available." "These make shift fireboats were operated by detailed firemen."