Unfulfilled Promises

Parallel to Sherman's "40 acres and 1 mule", Chicago and much of America remains an unfulfilled promise for the nation's poor. Just like the slaves, at the beginning of the Gilded Age, the poor are optimistic; however, a couple years in, they are discouraged further by the depression. As always, Burnham retains his sublime position while the laborers struggle to gain equality and resort to labor unions.