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.