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Midwest States
Ms. Harbach3rd Grade Social Studies
Illinois
• Capital: Springfield• Nickname: Prairie State • State symbols
– Bird: cardinal– Tree: white oak– Flower: violet
• Illinois is a leading producer of soybeans, corn, and hogs. Other agricultural commodities include cattle, wheat, oats, sorghum, and hay.
Indiana
• Capital: Indianapolis• Nickname: Hoosier State• State symbols
– Bird: cardinal– Tree: tulip tree– Flower: peony
• The state is a leader in agriculture with corn the principal crop. Hogs, soybeans, wheat, oats, rye, tomatoes, onions, and poultry .
Iowa
• Capital: Des Moines• Nickname: Hawkeye
State• State symbols
– Bird: eastern goldfinch– Tree: none– Flower: wild rose
• Iowa leads the nation in all corn, soybean, and comes in third in total livestock sales.
Kansas• Capital: Topeka• Nicknames: Sunflower
State and Jayhawk State
• State symbols– Bird: western
meadowlark– Tree: cottonwood– Flower: sunflower
• Today, wheat fields, oil-well derricks, herds of cattle, and grain-storage elevators are chief features of the Kansas landscape.
Michigan• Capital: Lansing • Nickname: Wolverine State • State symbols
– Bird: robin– Tree: none– Flower: apple blossom
• While Michigan ranks first among the states in production of motor vehicles and parts, it is also a leader in many other manufacturing and processing lines, including prepared cereals, machine tools, airplane parts, refrigerators, hardware, and furniture.
Minnesota• Capital: St. Paul• Nickname: North Star
State and Gopher State • State symbols
– Bird: common loon – Tree: red pine – Flower: lady slipper
• Minnesota's factories produce nonelectrical machinery, fabricated metals, flour-mill products, plastics, electronic computers, scientific instruments, and processed foods.
Missouri
• Capital: Jefferson City• Nickname: Show-me State• State symbols
– Bird: bluebird – Tree: flowering dogwood – Flower: hawthorn
• Missouri mines produce 90% of the nation's principal (non-recycled) lead supply.
Nebraska• Capital: Lincoln• Nickname: Cornhusker State • State symbols
– Bird: Western meadowlark – Tree: cottonwood – Flower: goldenrod
• Manufacturing has become diversified: Firms making electronic components, auto accessories, pharmaceuticals, and mobile homes have joined such older industries as clothing, farm machinery, chemicals, and transportation equipment.
North Dakota
• Capital: Bismarck• Nickname: Sioux State • State symbols
– Bird: western meadowlark
– Tree: American elm – Flower: wild prairie
rose • North Dakota is the most
rural of all the states, with farms covering more than 90% of the land.
Ohio
• Capital: Columbus • Nickname: Buckeye State • State symbols
– Bird: cardinal – Tree: buckeye – Flower: scarlet carnation
• The state's fertile soil produces soybeans, corn, oats, greenhouse and nursery products, wheat, hay, and apples, peaches, strawberries, and grapes.
South Dakota
• Capital: Pierre• Nickname: Mount
Rushmore State • State symbols
– Bird: ring-necked pheasant
– Tree: black hills spruce – Flower: American
pasqueflower • South Dakota is the
second-largest producer of flaxseed and sunflower seed in the nation.
Wisconsin
• Capital: Madison• Nickname: Badger State• State symbols
– Bird: robin – Tree: sugar maple – Flower: wood violet
• The chief industrial products of the state are automobiles, machinery, furniture, paper,
beer, and processed foods.