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Indians for whom the state is named. |
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What Marguette and Jolliet were looking for? |
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The waters of the Mississippi River or a Northwest passage |
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Why was Tonti successful? |
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What was the Fort on Top of the Rock? |
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French settlement as a so success? |
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Fell under British rule at end of French and Indian War, but had a good settlement |
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Daring leader of American Revolutionary forces in Illinois |
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What city did Du Sable create? |
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Destroyed early Chicago (4 years later Americans returned to Chicago River to restore fort) |
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Pope and Illinois being admitted as a state |
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Enlarged territory, had to have 40,000 people for statehood, and chosen as free state |
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Which one was NOT a state Capital? |
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Kaskaskia, Vandalia, and Springfield-state capitals |
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Type of housing Illinois early settlers used |
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Log cabin with clay, sticks, and wood chips between, used fireplace to cook |
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Why did Blackhawk com back to Illinois? |
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Game was scarce and the soil was to difficult to plow in Iowa |
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President who fought for Illinois in the Blackhawk War |
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Captured in Blackhawk War by whites and died in new reservation in Iowa |
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The path Jackson took the Indians through |
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800 miles to the new territory of Oklahoma, many indians died because of it |
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Shot to death protecting his printing press |
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Canal that runs through Illinois |
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Illinois and Michigan Canal-maybe Erie Canal? |
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Who was the Mormon leader when in Illinois? |
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Brigham Young or Joseph Smith |
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Helped Civil War and faster transportation |
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Name the First University in Illinois |
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The harsh laws in Illinois against African Americans |
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"Black codes"-had to carry freedom cert., no rights in court, obedient or lazy=whipped, and can be kidnapped |
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Lincoln and the Senator seat in Illinois |
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Lincoln and the senator seat |
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A famous Civil War general |
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The start of the Chicago Fire |
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Cow kicked over lantern in O'Leary Barn |
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The main cause of the destruction of the Chicago Fire |
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Wood buildings and no firemen helping |
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What was the first "skyscraper" in Chicago? |
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Home Insurance Company Building |
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A new plow for Illinois farmers |
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Came from Sheffield Steel saw blade by John Deere (cleaned itself and cut sharply) |
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Mail-order house from Illinois |
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First in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward |
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Illinois meat processing plant |
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Founded by Armour and Plankinton in 1862-better to bring live animals to Chicago |
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the "man who owned State Street" |
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What was the purpose of Hull House as established by Jane Adams? |
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Educational center, a second home, and neighborhood meeting place |
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During depression cut pay 25% and refused to lower rent and utility charges in village/pullman strike |
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What was a problem with the Chicago River? |
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Was polluted because it flows backward |
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Players accused of taking bribes to World Series for Cincinnati Red Legs |
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Harold "Red" Grange of U of I football |
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Author wrote about a graveyard in Southern Illinois |
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Wrote a Biography on Lincoln |
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Saloons in secret locations (legal liquor sales closed) |
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Controlled illegal liquor traffic on Chicago's North side (sold "Old log cabin" whiskey |
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The Presidents from Illinois |
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Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan |
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What event show Daily was losing power? |
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Violence erupted on Chicago when demonstators against war went to Chicago to nominate a peace candidate |
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What is the State Insect? |
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What is the State Flower? |
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