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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
- is the largest roman cathedral in new England
- it is a greek revival structure
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the second wave
- influx of European, Irish, and Jewish immigrants
- faced discrimination
- was given poor wages and unsafe working conditions
- immigrants created neighborhoods specific to there different cultures
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the Quincy train wreck
- killed 23 people
- second major train wreck after the 1878 accident in wollaston
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Tremont Temple
- was a greek revival style
- is now a event space
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Tremont street subway open
- oldest subway in north America
- third oldest subway in the world
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Opening of the Proctor building
- was a Spanish renaissance style of architecture
- 3 storys tall
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U.S cartridge company explosion
- happened on the Billerica river and street
- U.S cartridge company, DuPont, American powder company where involved
- cans of nitroglycerin leaked and worker's tried to clean it up with chemicals
- the chemicals reacted to the explosives and triggered the explosion.
- leveled 13 houses, and 67 house where damaged
- 22 people where killed
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the jungle is published
- reveled the disgusting conditions of the meat packing plants
- forced major health and safety bills to be published
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Boston 1915 committee
- was formed to make the city of Boston greater by 1915
- swept ed through Boston for 2 years
- disbanded in 1912 due to most of there goals already meet
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Gustin gang
- formed by frank Wallace
- came to prominence in the south as tailboard thieves
- they looted truckers and armed robbery
- ex Olympic boxer Steive Wallace
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Spanish Flu
- the pandemic closed schools and businesses
- it killed 675,000 Americans 4,000 of which where from Boston
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Prohibition
- band the manufacturing, distribution and consumption of alcohol
- the Gustin gang was a major gang during the era.
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Boston Police strike
- 80% of Bostons police tried to organize a union
- was prevent from unionizing and then went on strike
- the city quickly began to experience robbery and riots
- state guard was called in to reestablish peace in the city
- The Boston Police Patrolman association was formed in 1965