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Illinois: The history and demographics of the Prairie State
Learn more about Illinois and its geography, people, economy, and history.
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Discover how European American settlers drove Native Americans and bison from the Midwest and transformed the land
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Explore the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, the Great Lakes, the Black Hills, and more in the American Midwest
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Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln
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Flint Hills region, eastern Great Plains, east-central Kansas.
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