*The railway was still being expanded. In 1900, there was 34.8 miles of railway and by 1914, there was 70.3 miles. Chicago's "L" (the Loop) was the third longest metropolitan railway in the world.
*Chicago's modern street numbering system was established in 1909.
* In 1919, the Chicago Race Riots broke out. 38 people died. Occurred because an African American teenagers went to a white beach (beaches were segregated) and wouldn't leave, so the white beach-goers stoned him until he drowned. The police refused to arrest the men who stoned him.
*Chicago's modern street numbering system was established in 1909.
* In 1919, the Chicago Race Riots broke out. 38 people died. Occurred because an African American teenagers went to a white beach (beaches were segregated) and wouldn't leave, so the white beach-goers stoned him until he drowned. The police refused to arrest the men who stoned him.
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