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United States: The Midwest
Illinois: The history and demographics of the Prairie State
Northwest Territory 1785–87 Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln Chicago Great Plains Gutzon Borglum; Robert M. La Follette Wisconsin: dairy farm
Discover how European American settlers drove Native Americans and bison from the Midwest and transformed the land
Explore the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, the Great Lakes, the Black Hills, and more in the American Midwest
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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
Learn how European American settlers drove Native Americans and bison from the Midwest...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Explore the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, the Great Lakes, the Black Hills, and more in the American Midwest
Learn about the different physical landscapes that make up the American Midwest.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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United States: The Midwest
The Midwest.
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Northwest Territory 1785–87
The Northwest Territory, created by the Northwest Ordinances of 1785 and 1787, with...
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Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln
Life-size bronze statues of Stephen A. Douglas (left) and Abraham Lincoln at the...
© Melinda Leonard
Chicago
Chicago.
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Great Plains
Flint Hills region, eastern Great Plains, east-central Kansas.
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Gutzon Borglum; Robert M. La Follette
Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of Mount Rushmore, with an official medal he sculpted for...
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Wisconsin: dairy farm
Like much of western Russia and parts of eastern Europe, the Midwest resides within...
©Robert Frerck/Odyssey Productions
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