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Native Americans settled along this Ojibwe word that means "big river"
What is the Mississippi?
State animal of Illinois
What is the white-tailed deer?
In 1839, Illinois moved its state capital to this city
What is Springfield?
Elected president just before the start of the Civil War in 1860.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
On December 3, 1818, Illinois joined the US as the 21st of 50
What is a state?
The meaning of Illinois in French
What are men or warriors?
State bird of Illinois
What is the cardinal?
The largest Native American city north of Mexico
What is Cahokia?
Frenchman who explored Illinois from Lake Michigan to the Arkansas river
Who is Louis Jolliet?
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable founded this Illinois city
What is Chicago?
Road that the earliest European settlers traveled to Illinois
What is the Cumberland Road?
State grain of Illinois
What is corn?
Barges full of coal travel down this to the Gulf of Mexico
What is the Mississippi River?
Scientist who discovered a distinct pattern in nature
Who is Fibonacci?
General Ulysses S Grant won this war for the Northern states
What is the Civil War?
One of the 12 tribes in the Illini alliance
What is the Peoria?
State tree of Illinois
What is the white oak tree?
Major Interstate highway in Illinois
What is Interstate-88?
He invented the steel plow for Illinois farmers
Who is John Deere?
This large tower in Chicago was completed in 1973
What is the Sears Tower?
Name the butterfly the viceroy mimics for protection
What is the monarch?
State fossil of Illinois
What is the Tully monster?
Major airport in Illinois
What is O'Hare International Airport?
Award-winning Chicagoan, Boy Scout, and world-famous movie star
Who is Harrison Ford?
This "Golden Arches" restaurant was McOpened in DesPlaines, IL in 1955
What is McDonalds?