Illinois History

This is the largest city in Illinois.

• Chicago
• Jacksonville
• Pontiac
• Champaign

The first people to live in Illinois were probably:

• African Americans
• Native Americans
• Chinese Americans
• Chicagoans

Native Americans from Illinois ate this kind of meat and made the skins into clothes and blankets.

• Buffalo
• Elephant
• Seal
• Giraffe

_________ claimed the land that Joliet and Marquette visited and established as a fur trading post. 

• Mexico
• France
• Pontiac
• Asia

In 1754, the French and the British fought for control of North America in what became known as the __________ war. 

• French and England
• French and Indian
• French and Pontiac
• French and Fries

Illinois became the 21st state on:

• December 5, 1828
• December 3, 1818
• December 3, 2017
• December 25, 1993

He was elected from Illinois as US President in 1860. 

• Thomas Jefferson
• Abraham Lincoln
• Donald Trump
• Mickey Mouse 

The nickname of Illinois is the _________ state. 

• Hawkeye 
• Prairie
• Dog
• Sunshine

The capital of Illinois is________. 

• Springfield
• Chicago
• Bloomington 
• Champaign

Illinois is well known for _____.

• cotton
• corn
• rice
• tobacco