2. Significant Events 1870 Elevated rail begins operation in New York City Chapter 20 1873 Comstock Law enacted 1874 Women’s Christian Temperance Union founded 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act 1883 Brooklyn Bridge opens 1885 World’s first skyscraper constructed in Chicago 1889 Hull House opens in Chicago 1892 Ellis Island opens 1894 Immigration Restriction League organized 1897 Boston opens first subway
3. New City Leadership Chapter 20 “ There’s got to be in every ward, somebody that any bloke can come to-no matter what he’s done-and get help. Help, you understand; none of your law and justice, but help .” -Big City Boss