Illinois Group 1 by https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h en-us 2019-01-16 19:47:00 UTC 2026-03-17 01:28:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/348834910/92e3a4459ec6b1d7405e17ebcf02078b/illinois.png The Prairie State https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321430096  The nickname The Prairie state was given in 1842, because when the first European settlers came they noticed a of prairie grass. And decided to give the nickname then. ]]> 2019-01-16 19:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321430096 Flag olivia_jarosz https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321432473 The Illinois Flag has a Bald Eagle holding 2 ribbons with Illinois motto, "State sovereignty" and "National Union". The Bald Eagle is standing on a rock, which has "1868" and "1818". 1818 was when Illinois became a state, and  1868 is when the seal was redesigned.]]> 2019-01-16 19:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321432473 interesting facts https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321433228 On December 2, 1942, Enrico Fermi and a small band of scientists and engineers demonstrated that a simple construction of graphite bricks and uranium lumps could produce controlled heat. The space chosen for the first nuclear fission reactor was a squash court under the football stadium at the University of Chicago.

]]> 2019-01-16 19:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321433228 State Flower https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321433499 The state flower is a violet, because violets mostly bloom around Illinois. ]]> 2019-01-16 19:56:04 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321433499 presidents who lived in illinois https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321437221 there were 4 presidents that lived in Illinois before moving into the white house and becoming presidents here are some examples:  *Abraham Lincoln lived in Springfield Illinois until he was able to become president.  *Barack Obama was also known for living in the state Illinois before he went on to live in the white house and become president.  *Ronald Reagan was also one of the presidents to live in the state of Illinois before coming a president. *another president that lived in the state Illinois was Ulysses S. Grant he also lived in the state Illinois until he left to live in the white house.    ]]> 2019-01-16 20:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321437221 Springfield (capital) https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321437485 Abraham Lincoln moved to Springfield   on April 15, 1837 and lived there until he became a president in 1861. Springfield IL, had a population of 3000. ]]> 2019-01-16 20:03:16 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321437485 Illinois representatives and senators https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321437588 these are some of the Illinois representatives and senators:
*tammy Duckworth is a senator of Illinois and she has been a senator since January 3rd 2017.
*Richard Durbin is our senior senator and he was picked as senator since January 7th 1997.
*there is a lot of representatives that represent Illinois so I'm only going to name a few for example: Bobby Rush, Robin Kelly, Daniel Lipinski, mike Quigley, Sean Casten and Danny Davis.
*in total there are 18 representatives and 2 senator's.
]]> 2019-01-16 20:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321437588 Illinois State Animal jadentybor https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321440398 White-tailed Deer it was chosen in the popular vote of the schoolchildren
It was chosen in 1980]]> 2019-01-16 20:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321440398 Iroquois tribe jadentybor https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321886012 Iroquois who were constantly threatening the us and other people who lived near with war parties plus the only thing to make it worse is that they has and knew how to use guns plus ]]> 2019-01-17 19:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321886012 state bird https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321886492 the state bird is the cardinal
because it won the schoolchildren vote in 1929]]> 2019-01-17 19:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/olivia_jarosz/5vpsk0gn5u6h/wish/321886492