This group is considered the first settlers of what became Illinois.
Who are the Hopewell?
100
This pelt (fur) was sought after by French trappers.
What is beaver?
100
With this treaty forced Native Americans to turn over their lands in Ohio and Illinois.
What is the Treaty of Greenville?
100
In 1893 Chicago held this important fair.
What is the World's Colombian Exposition?
200
This northwest corner of the state was never covered by glaciers.
What is the Driftless area?
200
This group built great mounds.
Who are the Mississippians?
200
These two explores were the first to explore and map the Illinois territory.
Who are Jolliet and Marquette?
200
These two men changed the way people around the world farmed the land.
Who are John Deere and Cyrus McCormick?
200
In 1871 this disaster destroyed much of Chicago.
What is the Great Chicago Fire?
300
This area is located at the extreme southern tip of the state.
What is the Gulf Coastal Plain?
300
"At its peak around 1150, this city was bustling with as many as 20,000 people."
What is Cahokia?
300
These Europeans treated the Indian population well and sometimes would marry and blend cultures.
Who are the French?
300
With the development of the railroad, this Illinois city grew from 4,470 to 112,000 people in just 20 years.
What is Chicago?
300
Mr. Haight's dog is named this.
What is Camper?
400
Over 90% of the state was covered by this region.
What are the Central Plains?
400
In the early 1500s this group moved from Michigan to Illinois.
Who are the Illiniwek?
400
During this war, the British fought the French and their allies, the Native Americans, for control of the area that would become Illinois.
What is the French and Indian War?
400
These three men were giants of industry in Chicago and provided thousands of jobs and help make Chicago the center of the meat packing and changed the way people traveled on trains.
Who are Swift, Armour, and Pullman?
400
In 1818 Illinois became a state and move its capital from Kaskaskia to this city.
What is Vandalia?
500
The narrow strip is 5 to 40 miles wide and about 70 miles long.
What are the Shawnee Hills?
500
This term means, "spiritual leader who had powers to cure the sick and influence events."
What is a shaman?
500
George Rodgers Clark and his men took these two forts without a shot being fired.
What are Cahokia and Kaskaskia?
500
This women created the Hull House where immigrants could learn English and find work.
Who is Jane Adams?
500
The 16th president of the United States fought in this war.