Foundations of Human Activity

Chicago's growth during industrialization shaped its urban development. Chicago had many opportunities for the large number of European emigrants in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. African American from the South were drawn to Chicago between the 1910s and 1960s. In the late twentieth century, immigrants from around the world also took advantage of regional economic opportunities. The ethnic and racial diversity of Chicago resulted from metropolitan growth and contributed to its expansion.

Humans have lived in the area for many years, but most of the local history begins with the Potawatomi and their settlement in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. 

In 1833, the Grand Settlement ended the Black Hawk War and Potawatomi settlement in the metropolitan area. The U.S. government sold the territory that they had just acquired to farmers and investors. 

In the last three decades, a new wave of immigration has affected the city's development. Highly educated, skilled professionals and low-skilled, poorly educated workers are part of this new immigration. Immigrants from Asia and Latin America have settled across the metropolitan area.

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The culture of Chicago, Illinois, is particularly known for various forms of performing arts, such as improvisational comedy, and music, such as Chicago blues and soul. The city is additionally known for various popular culinary dishes, notably the deep-dish pizza, the Chicago-style hot dog and the Chicago-style Italian beef sandwich.

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The main ethnic groups in Chicago include Irish, German, Italian, Mexican, Arab, English, Bulgarian, Czech, Greek, Chinese, Indian, Filipino, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian,Slovak, Swedish, Ukrainian, Dutch and Puerto Rican. Chicago has the third largest South Asian population in the country, after New York City and San Francisco.

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