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The State of Illinois is a state of the United States of America and the 21st state admitted to the Union. Illinois is the most populous state in the Midwest and the fifth most populous in the nation, and has a large and cosmopolitan population. Its balance of vast suburbs and the great metropolis of Chicago in the northeast, rural areas, small industrial cities, and renowned agricultural productivity in central and western Illinois, and the coal mines of the south give it a highly diverse economic base. Its central location, connecting the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River via the Illinois River, made it a transportation hub for 150 years. It is this mixture of factory and farm, of urban and rural, that makes Illinois a microcosm of the United States.
About 2,000 Native American hunters and a small number of French villagers inhabited the area at the time of the American Revolution. American settlers began arriving from Kentucky in the 1810s; they achieved statehood in 1818. Yankees arrived a little later and dominated the north, founding the future metropolis of Chicago in the 1830s. The coming of the railroads in the 1850s made highly profitable the rich prairie farmlands in central Illinois, attracting large numbers of immigrant farmers from Germany and Sweden. Northern Illinois provided major support for Illinoisans Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant during the American Civil War. By 1900, factories were being rapidly built in the northern cities, along with coal mines in central and southern areas. This industrialization attracted large numbers of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe, and also led to the state's material contribution as a major arsenal in both world wars. In addition to immigrants from Europe, large numbers of blacks left the cotton fields of the South to come to Chicago, where they developed a famous jazz culture.
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Ask Tom why: Is Chicago more likely to get a measurable snowfall on Christmas or Valentine's Day?
Feb 10, 2012 6:00 am
Dear Tom,
Progress seen at city 'turnaround' schools
Feb 9, 2012 6:07 am
U. of C. group cites improvements in math, reading skills at elementary levelA study of Chicago's most aggressive efforts to reform failing schools, including replacing school leadership and staff in ...
Feb 9, 2012 6:00 am
Dear Tom,
At New Trier campus, former faculty member Jan Borja is mourned, lauded
Feb 9, 2012 6:00 am
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Reputed mobster Michael Sarno sentenced to 25 years
Feb 9, 2012 6:00 am
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Feb 9, 2012 6:00 am
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Feb 9, 2012 6:00 am
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Feb 9, 2012 6:00 am
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Cultural venues may host summit events
Feb 9, 2012 6:00 am
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City sticker design yanked, but not without pain
Feb 9, 2012 4:54 am
'Perception' that teen's artwork incorporated gang signs was too great to ignore, city clerk saysAs controversy swirled, Chicago City Clerk Susana Mendoza weighed concerns from some quarters that gang...
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California memorial service for Cornelius next week
Feb 10, 2012 6:06 am
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Teen whose city sticker design was nixed will still get $1,000
Feb 10, 2012 6:01 am
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Feb 10, 2012 4:18 am
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Feb 10, 2012 3:46 am
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Feb 10, 2012 3:38 am
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Feb 10, 2012 3:17 am
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Artists, framing company work on Air Force exhibit at Pritzker
Feb 9, 2012 10:32 pm
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Feb 9, 2012 6:11 pm
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Illinois News from BigNewsNetwork.com
Greene County seeks HUD's OK to sell apartments
Feb 10, 2012 1:05 am
CARROLLTON - The Greene County Housing Authority is asking HUD for permission to sell its housing units in Eldred. The Greene County Board agreed to send a letter to the U.S. Department of Housing ....
Fifth-grader caught with cannabis
Feb 10, 2012 1:05 am
VIRDEN - A fifth-grader at Virden Elementary School was taken to the police station Wednesday after the administration discovered that the 10-year-old had cannabis in his possession. "The ...
Auto industry’s recovery brings more pizzazz to Chicago show
Feb 10, 2012 1:02 am
Ford cars and SUVs are on display during the 2012 Chicago Auto Show media preview at McCormick Place Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. ...
CME close to selling Chicago Board of Trade building
Feb 10, 2012 1:02 am
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Pepsico to cut 8,700 jobs, 150 in Chicago
Feb 10, 2012 1:02 am
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Illinois to get $1 billion in mortgage settlement
Feb 10, 2012 1:02 am
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Collision closes Market Street for short time
Feb 10, 2012 12:49 am
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Man stabs roommate in throat over air conditioning dispute, police say
Feb 10, 2012 12:18 am
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Frontier Airlines to offer service from Bloomington-Normal
Feb 10, 2012 12:18 am
Updated Feb 9, 2012 at 3:46 PM CST BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Three months after learning Air Tran will discontinue service from Bloomington, Central Illinois Regional Airport introduced its second new .....
Facebook 'unfriending' leads to murder, police say
Feb 10, 2012 12:18 am
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