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Illinois Enters the Union
1. Illinois entered the Union as which state?
12th
37th
42nd
21st
50th
2. The name "Illinois" comes from which Native American tribe's language?
Creek
Sioux
Algonquian
Cherokee
Mohawk
3. Illinois is also known as the Land of Lincoln after its most famous inhabitant. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
New York
4. Which two famous events that contributed to the rise of the American labor movement happened in Chicago?
Haymarket Riot and Pullman Strike
Ludlow Massacre and Pullman Strike
Cripple Creek and Ludlow Massacre
Homestead Strike and Pullman Strike
Haymarket Riot and Homestead Strike
5. Who wrote
The Jungle
, a novel chronicling the Chicago meatpacking industry?
William Randolph Hearst
Upton Sinclair
John Dos Passos
John Steinbach
Rachel Carson
6. What allegedly started the great Chicago fire of 1871?
A goat
A cow
A chicken
A hog
A farmhand
7. What popular attraction premiered at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893?
Rollercoaster
Ice cream cone
Ferris wheel
Eiffel Tower
Styrofoam
8. Where is the tallest building in North America, other than the newly completed 1 World Trade Center in New York City, located?
Evanston
Chicago
Washington D.C.
Peoria
Mexico City
9. Aurora, Illinois, was the first city to have what?
Streetcars
Electric street lamps
Subway
Telephones
Walkie-Talkies
10. What iconic food was created in Illinois in 1930?
Devil's food cake
Twinkie
Little Debbie
Sno-ball
Gumball
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This week in 1818, Illinois was granted statehood. Learn about the history of that state right here.
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