Illinois , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...Springfield. Largest city, Chicago. Statehood, Dec. 3...tree, white oak. Abbr., Ill.; IL Geography The broad...Illinois Waterway links Chicago to the Mississippi basin as the old Chicago and Illinois and Michigan...Springfield and Decatur . Government, Politics, and Higher Education The...In the 20th cent. labor conditions improved, but violent labor...