Illinois
While Illinois is called 'The Land of Lincoln', he was actually born in this other Midwestern state
What is Kentucky?
This French-Canadian man established the Mines of Spain in a Northern Iowa town now named after him
Who is Julien Dubuque?
Wisconsin was the first state to ratify this amendment, which granted women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
The Red Wing Shoe Company was founded in this town in 1905
What is Red Wing, Minnesota?
Ford Motor Company was founded in this city in 1903
What is Detroit?
This native Vermontian moved to Grand Detour and founded the plow company named after him in 1837
Who is John Deere?
Iowa has produced one US President, Herbert Hoover, born in this Iowa town
What is West Branch?
This famous circus company's winter quarters are today the Circus World Museum in Baraboo
Who are the Ringling Brothers?
The Mississippi River begins in this lake in Northern Minnesota
What is Lake Itasca?
This Michigan native became US President after Nixon resigned in 1974
Who is Gerald Ford?
The name Illinois comes from this group of independent Native tribes.
Who are the Illiniwek Nation?
These seven villages were founded by German Pietist immigrants in the 1850s and have become a popular tourist attraction and wedding location
What are the Amana Colonies?
This now infamous Senator known for making a long list of either 57 or 205 people represented Wisconsin from 1947-1957
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This company was originally founded in Two Harbors in 1902 and operated in the mining industry, today they make everything from post-it notes to artificial turf
What is 3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing)?
This ship sank in a storm in Lake Superior in 1975; today it is best remembered as the titular ship in the Gordon Lightfoot ballad
What is the Edmund Fitzgerald?
Chicago would have been part of Wisconsin if the state lines from this 18th century law passed by the Confederation Congress were followed.
What is the 1787 Northwest Ordinance?
These animal-shaped ceremonial and sacred sites, built by Native Peoples during the Late Woodland Period, are today one of two National Park Service sites in Iowa
What are the Effigy Mounds?
This fire in 1871 is the deadliest in recorded U.S. history, but has been overshadowed by the Great Chicago Fire, which happened the same night
What is the Peshtigo Fire?
This native Minnesotan and former professional wrestler served one term as Governor of Minnesota from 1999-2003 and later became a fellow at Harvard's JFK School of Government
Who is Jesse 'The Body' Ventura?
This native Michigander's creation of corn flakes stemmed from his belief in the health practices of the Seventh Day Adventist Church
Who is John Harvey Kellogg?
After the Illinois legislature failed to pass redistricting measures in 1964, voters had to elect Illinois House members at large from a 3-foot-long ballot, nicknamed this
What is the Bedsheet Ballot?
High Fructose Corn Syrup was invented in this Iowa Mississippi River town, today home to an Archer Daniels Midland processing plant
What is Clinton?
During WWII, 28 'Freshwater' submarines were built for the U.S. Navy in this Lake Michigan shore town
What is Manitowoc?
Marshall County Sherriff Val Johnson rose to national fame in 1979 after hitting this type of space object with his squad car
What is a UFO?
This Revolutionary-Era British fort later became the site of battles over control of the Great Lakes during the War of 1812
What is Fort Mackinac?