Illinois History by 3-4

Ms. Leigh's 3rd grade class studied the history of Illinois from the Cahokian's who first lived in the area to the present day state. Here is their timeline.

1000 BC-08-01 02:09:49

Illinois Glaciers

Illinois glaciers are about 700 feet thick. Glaciers did not melt in the summers. The summers were like a polar vortex. They lasted for more than a thousand years. More than 13 animals got extinct from the ice age. The glaciers flattened the land for Illinois. Which made farm land and prairie

1500-01-01 01:01:07

Starved Rock

There is a legend about a group of Illinoisan Indians got trapped on starved rock attacked by an Ottawa indian tribe and were surrounded. Most of them starved to death there. that is how it got it’s name. Starved rock is located along the south bank of the Illinois river. Less than 100 miles from Chicago.

1770-01-01 01:01:07

Cahokia

It is a old city built by Native Americans tribe called Cahokians. They were a part of the bigger Illiniwek tribe. Their city was lived in from 700 to 1400 It is near Collinsville, Illinois. There were 120 mounds and houses where arranged in rows and around open plazas, and vast agricultural fields lay outside the city. Today it is a historical site for anyone to visit and find out what Native American did a long time ago.

1811-12-16 02:15:00

Illinois Earthquakes And Rising River

The first earthquake on December 1811 was so bad, it changed the way the Mississippi River went in some places. It started at 2:15 A.M. That winter two more earthquakes struck. The dates were January 23 and February 7. The Mississippi River rose higher. It was so high, some of the river was going backwards! One earthquake was on the New Madrid Fault and shook Illinois and the rest of the Midwest!

1812-05-01 00:00:00

Settling Illinois

In 1812 there was another war between the USA and Great Britain. On August 15, 1812, the Potawatomi attacked soldiers who were running from Fort Dearborn.

1830-10-18 00:00:00

Working the land/ farmer's miracle.

Cyrus McCormick and John Deere were people who invented machines to destroy weeds with big roots, Weeds with big roots were taking up farmland and in Illinois most of the state was farms. First John Deere created the steel hoe. A hoe is a tool that pulls weeds and digs dirt. Then McCormick invented the reaper that helped farmers to plow the prairie land in Illinois and other midwest prairies.

1832-05-01 00:00:00

The Black Hawk War

The Black Hawk war was a war between the Native American fox tribe and the french explorers in 1832. It was in Northern Illinois. It happened because the indians had the right to live on the land and the french explorers had taken it from them. So, the Native Americans got mad and attacked.

1857-04-12 01:01:07

Underground railroad

In 1857 a person named Owen Lovejoy created the Underground railroad. This happened in Alton-Illinois. They did this for fugitive slaves to escape from the North to Canada from the Civil war.It is an organized system that ended in the late 18th century.For slaves running to the North it was anything but easy. By Keira.

1863-08-10 18:09:52

The Civil War

The Civil war started in 1861 and ended in 1865 in the spring. Illinois sent 259,092 people to the Civil War. The Civil War took place in southern Pennsylvania to Texas. Ulysses S. Grant was the general for the Union army.

1871-10-08 12:00:00

Great Chicago Fire

The fire started at 12:00 on sunday on october 8 in 1871.The great chicago fire destroyed 192,000,000 dollars in buildings, 100,000 people lost their homes and 300 people died.the fire finally died out on october 10, 1871. Joshua-

1889-05-15 20:26:12

Jane Addams and The Hull House

Jane Addams opened the Hull House for people who needed help or assistance. She wanted to help children too. Jane Addams won the Nobel Peace Prize because of her work. The Hull House is now a museum. It is located at 800 South Halsted St, Chicago Illinois. At the Hull House, families could find medical care there. Also, everyone could use the library, gymnasium, and art gallery there.

1900-05-02 00:00:00

Chicago sanitary and ship canal

Too many people were throwing trash in the Chicago river and it flowed into lake Michigan and that is what people used for drinking water. So in 1900 the state built a canal, the 2nd largest in the World. This canal meant that the river would not flow into the lake anymore. It makes the river flow backwards. Now Chicago can drink safe water.

1931-07-01 01:47:35

Al Capone

Al Capone started selling liquor in the 1920’s during the time it was not legal to sell liquor. That was called Prohibition. He thought if he sold liquor even though it was against the law he could make money out of it. He was arrested in 1932 for breaking the law and sent to federal prison. In 1933 prohibition was ended.

1955-12-25 05:30:00

McDonald's Opening

McDonalds was opened in Des Plaines on Christmas day in 1955. This was one of the first McDonald's to open in the United States. Ray Kroc is the man who opened McDonald's at the age of 52. He hired his brothers to work at McDonald's in 1957. In 1980 McDonald's was voted most popular fast food restaurant. Ray Kroc came up with the idea of a Happy Meal in 1983.

1957-05-01 00:00:00

Violence in the Cities

In April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was Killed in Memphis Tennessee. Riots started in Chicago. Nine people died and hundreds of people were injured. Riots also started in Carbondale, Alton, and East St. Louis. Many people moved away from the cities because of the riots. People also protested United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Thousands of people filled the downtown streets of Chicago to protest war.In front of television cameras and policemen! National television audience watched in shock!

1968-08-26 00:00:00

The Democratic Convention

On August 29,1968 the Democratic convention took place in Chicago. Outside of the Convention, thousands of anti-war protesters clashed with police officers, army troops and National guardsmen. The Convention is where the Democratic party chooses a new presidential nominee to run as the democratic party's candidate. 12,000 officers were at the riot. The riot was called " The Battle of Michigan Avenue.

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