Round 9: Tossup 7

Historian Libby Hill found no historical evidence of an 1885 cholera epidemic in this city that apocryphally prompted a new canal to be built. Business magnate Charles Yerkes bought this city’s “Inter Ocean” (10[2])newspaper (10[1])to advocate for extended streetcar franchises in this city’s “Traction Wars.” (-5[1])A never-built civic center and new public parks formed part of a 1909 City Beautiful (10[1])plan for this city published by its Commercial Club, commonly known as the Burnham Plan. (10[2])Gustavus Swift’s development of the refrigerated railcar led to the rapid growth of an industry in this city whose wrongdoings were documented (10[1])in Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle. For 10 points, name this Great Lakes city, whose waterfront was home to the development of Millennium Park and Grant Park. ■END■ (10[1])

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