Early Illinois History

Illini means

• Land of Lincoln

• Prairie

• Warriors

• Settlers

What body of water does not touch Illinois

• Mississippi River

• Lake Michigan

• Ohio River

• Lake Erie

What state does not touch Illinois?

• Wisconsin

• Minnesota

• Missouri

• Kentucky

True/False Illinois was once a part of Virginia

• True

• False

True/False: There were 5 capitals of Illinois before Springfield

• True

• False

What two things caused Illinois to nearly go bankrupt?

• Railroad construction

• Canals

• Civil War

• Blackhawk War

When was Chicago founded?

• Before Civil War

• Before American Revolutionary War

• After Civil War

• After Spanish American War

What was The Northern Cross?

• First Railroad in Illinois

• Only church that survived the Chicago Fire

• Border to Wisconsin

• Lincoln Douglas Debate site

What was the first State park in Illinois?

• Starved Rock

• Rock Cut

• Illini Park

• Charles Mound

About how many Illinois men participated in WWI?

• 300,000

• 30,000

• 3,000,000

• 3,000,000,000