| A | B |
|---|
| Dec. 3, 1818 | Illinois became a state |
| 1832 | Marked the end of the Indians |
| Great Chicago Fire | It destroyed Chicago and changed the way buildings were built in this city |
| Illinois and Michigan Canal | gave a route for goods to be shipped from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River |
| steel plow | an invention that made it possible to farm on the Illinois prairie |
| three capitals of Illinois | Kaskasia, Vandalia, Springfield |
| Fort Dearborn | place near Chicago where women and children were massacred |
| Black Hawk | leader of the Sauk who led the Indians in a war against the United States and the settlers of Illinois |
| John Deere | developed a steel plow which made it possible to farm in Illinois |
| Abraham Lincoln | 16th president of the United States |
| Executive | branch of the government that carries out the laws |
| Legislative | branch of the government that makes the laws |
| Judicial | branch of government that interprets the laws |
| governor | the leader of our state government |
| general assembly | our legislature |
| 102 | our state is divided into this number of counties |
| taxes | what people pay to support the government |
| farms | three percent of Illinois workers are this |
| manufacturing | 20 percent of people make a living doing this |
| service | most of the people work in this job |
| Soybean | Decatur is called the ---- capital of the world |
| corn | one of the most valuable crops in Illinois |
