Devil In White City Part 2 Flashcards
What was Sol Bloom put in charge of inspite of the fact he didn’t
really want to do it?
He was put in charge of selecting and managing concessions for the
Midway Plaisance, and then put in full control of the Midway
Plaisance.
what did Sol Bloom have a knack for?
Promoting and spectacular advertising.
With what/whom did Bloom have a contract for to bring to the fair?
The Algerian villiage
What were 2 of the submitted ideas to be the challenger to Eiffel’s tower?
J.B. McComber wanted a nearly 9,000 ft tall building with cables
traveling to different cities so you could ride home from the fair.
C.F. Ritchel wanted a tower with a tower inside it, then a tower
inside that, then another inside that.
Burnham had shown level of compassion that was extraordinary up
until he called for round the
clock work crews, what are some examples of his extraordinary compassion?
He paid them even when illness or injury kept them from working and
started a hospital for them. He also made quarters in the park where
they slept in comfortable heat and ate three large meals a day.
Why is Samuel Gompers famous
He is president of the afl
Explain the conflict between Burnham and Davis.
Burnham and Davis vied for control over the building of the fair. As
the lead architect, Burnham thought designing the inside of the
buildings and the exhibits were his job, but Davis wanted to control
them himself. Davis also inferred to congress that Burnham lied about
how much money the fair needed.
Who were Holmes’ next two victims (not the mother/daughter who
were killed but two major love interests) in this chapter?
Emeline Cigrand and Minnie Williams
What did the families of the girls start to do to track down their
lost daughters?
They hired private detectives (“private eyes”), to try to find their
girls killers. They also sent letters.
What was Holmes’ cover for the disappearance of Emeline?
She had gone away and to get married
What other piece of “evidence corroborated his story?
A wedding announcement from Emeline and Robert E. Phelps announcing
their marriage on December 7, 1892.
What did Holmes’ intend to copy from Pitezel’s trip?
He wanted to mimic the popular Keeley cure (for getting over
alcoholism)
and sell it in his
own drugstore.
What part of the fair had come under repeated assault by people
wanting their exhibits placed
there, but Olmstead held firm on?
Wooden Island
Who assassinated President Garfield? and who is compared to in the book?
Charles Guiteau. he was compared to Patrick Pendegrast
What was the full name of the steel engineer from Pittsburgh who
came up with the whimsical idea that would top Eiffel’s tower?
George Washington Gale Ferris
