Illinois History

2. The last name of the man who invented barbed wire.
6. During the American Revolution, Illinois was considered part of what state?
8. a type of river transportation that could carry heavy loads and had flat bottoms.
9. Illinois is favorable for farming due mainly to the
11. Making Illinois a ________ state was important to many members of Congress
13. This team was once known as the Chicago Staley/s.
15. Marquette and Jolliet explored what river in 1673?
16. The fuel produced when sugars and corn ferment.

1. in 1993 this caused 1.5 billion in losses to crop and damage to property.
3. The place once known as the butter capital of the world.
4. State Bird
5. the farthest northeastern border of the Land of Lincoln
7. The name of our county which got its name from the man who was a supporter of Illinois statehood.
10. Illinois soil is dark becaue of the high amount of organic matter that comes from the ____________ of prairie plants.
12. Because of this invention, Illinois farmers had a faster way to harvest wheat and other grains.
14. Archaic people made advances in this