Illinois
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Major universities
Using the criterion established by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, there are nine "National Universities" in the state. Four of these rank among the top 100 National Universities in United States, as determined by the prestigious US News and World Report rankings: the University of Chicago (9), Northwestern University (14), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (38), and the Illinois Institute of Technology (96) [3]. The other five major schools are: (alphabetically) DePaul University, Illinois State University, Loyola University Chicago, Northern Illinois University, and Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
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Other post-secondary schools
Besides the "National Universities", Illinois has several other universities, both public and private. There are also literally dozens of small liberal arts colleges across the state. Additionally, Illinois supports 49 public community colleges in the Illinois Community College System.
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Sports
Because of its large population, Chicago is the focus of most professional sports in Illinois though outside of the Chicago area professional teams in St. Louis and Indianapolis are also supported. Chicago is the home to 15 different professional sports teams.
The Chicago Cubs of the National League play in the second-oldest major league stadium (Wrigley Field) and are famous for not winning the World Series since 1908. The Chicago White Sox of the American League won the World Series championship in 2005, their first since 1917. The Chicago Bears football team has won 9 total NFL Championships, the last occurring in Super Bowl XX. Coincidentally, the city's Arena Football League team, the Chicago Rush, won ArenaBowl XX. The Chicago Bulls of the NBA are one of the most recognized basketball teams in the world, thanks to the heroics of a player often cited as the best ever, Michael Jordan, who led the team to six NBA championships in eight seasons in the 1990s. The Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL began playing in 1926 as a member of the Original Six and have won three Stanley Cups. The Chicago Fire soccer club are members of MLS and are one of the league's most successful and best-supported since its founding in 1997, winning one league and four US Open Cups in that timespan. The Chicago Wolves are an AHL minor league team that is also very popular and has been a winning team since it's first season. The city was formerly home to other teams, such as the Chicago Rockers of the CBA, Chicago Skyliners of the IBL, the Chicago Bruisers of Arena Football and the Chicago Blitz of the USFL. Before the Fire, the Chicago Sting of Major League Soccer and the Chicago Power of the MISL both spent time as the state's premiere soccer team. The city is not the only place where sports played professionally. The Rockford Lightning is one of the oldest CBA teams in the league, and the Peoria Chiefs and Kane County Cougars are minor league baseball teams affiliated with MLB. The Schaumburg Flyers are a prominent independent league baseball team.
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See also
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References
- ^ 5 ILCS 460/20 (from Ch. 1, par. 2901‑20) - Sec. 20. "Official language. The official language of the State of Illinois is English."
- ^ [1] U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights
- ^ US Census Bureau, median household income by state 2004. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
- ^ a b Elevations and Distances in the United States. U.S Geological Survey (29 April 2005). Retrieved on November 6, 2006.
- ^ Stephen Ohlemacher. "Analysis ranks Illinois most average state", Associated Press, May 17, 2007.
- ^ Stephen Ohlemacher. "Analysis ranks Illinois most average state", Associated Press, May 17, 2007.
- ^ Biles (2005) ch 1
- ^ "Chicago's Front Door: Chicago Harbor." A digital exhibit published online by the Chicago Public Library. [2] Accessed October 20, 2007.
- ^ Comments by Michael McCafferty on "Readers' Feedback (page 4)". The KryssTal. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.
- ^ Costa, David J. 2000. "Miami-Illinois Tribe Names". In the Papers of the 31st Algonquian Conference, University of Manitoba Press, pp. 146-7
- ^ Illinois. Dictionary.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.
- ^ Illinois Symbols. State of Illinois. Retrieved on 2006-04-20.
- ^ a b Wikisource. Illinois Constitution of 1818.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j (1978) in Nelson, Ronald E. (ed.): Illinois: Land and Life in the Prairie State. ISBN 0-8403-1831-6.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Horsley, A. Doyne (1986). Illinois: A Geography. ISBN 0-86531-522-1.
- ^ Illinois State Climatologist Office. Climate Maps for Illinois. Accessed April 22, 2006.
- ^ Midwestern Regional Climate Center (MRCC). Illinois Extreme Temperature list. Accessed April 22, 2006.
- ^ "Annual average number of tornadoes, 1953-2004", NOAA National Climatic Data Center. Retrieved on October 24, 2006.
- ^ PAH Webmaster (2005-11-02). NWS Paducah, KY: NOAA/NWS 1925 Tri-State Tornado Web Site -- General Information. Retrieved on 2006-11-16.
- ^ "Average Weather for Cairo, IL",weather.com
- ^ "Chicago Weather", ustravelweather.com
- ^ "Moline Weather", ustravelweather.com
- ^ "Peoria Weather", ustravelweather.com
- ^ "Rockford Weather", ustravelweather.com
- ^ "Springfield Weather", ustravelweather.com
- ^ Frederick E. Hoxie, Encyclopedia of North American Indians (1996) 266-7, 506
- ^ a b c d e f g h Biles, Roger (2005). Illinois: A History of the Land and its People. ISBN 0-87580-349-0.
- ^ Duff, Judge Andrew D. Egypt. Republished, Springhouse Magazine. Accessed May 1, 2006.
- ^ James Pickett Jones, Black Jack: John A. Logan and Southern Illinois in the Civil War Era 1967 ISBN 0-8093-2002-9
- ^ Illinois in the Civil War. Illinois Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery Units. Accessed November 26, 2006.
- ^ United States Census BureauPopulation Estimates Program
- ^ United States Census Bureau. 2004 American Community Survey.
- ^ American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. State Centers of Population. Accessed April 20, 2006.
- ^ American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS). CUNY Key Findings. 2001.
- ^ United States Census Bureau. Illinois Quick Facts, 2004. Accessed August 28, 2006.
- ^ "Most Spoken Languages In Illinois", Modern Language Association.
- ^ See Statemaster. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
- ^ Bureau of Economic Analysis. Gross State Products. October 26, 2005.
- ^ Bureau of Economic Analysis. State Per Capita Personal Income. March 28, 2006.
- ^ Illinois Department of Revenue. Individual Income Tax. Accessed May 27, 2006.
- ^ Illinois Department of Revenue. Illinois Sales Tax Reference Manual (PDF). p133. January 1, 2006.
- ^ "State Soy Crop Statistics", Soy Stats, The American Soybean Association.
- ^ "Ethanol Fact Sheet", Illinois Corn Growers Association.
- ^ "Manufacturing in Illinois", Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
- ^ a b "Illinois in the Global Energy Marketplace", Robert Finley, 2001. Illinois State Geological Survey publication.
- ^ Illinois State Geological Survey. Coal in Illinois. Accessed April 20, 2006.
- ^ United States Department of Energy. Petroleum Profile: Illinois. Accessed April 4, 2006.
- ^ a b United States Department of Energy. Illinois Nuclear Industry. Accessed April 4, 2006.
- ^ "Illinois Wind." Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, Western Illinois University Illinoiswind.com
- ^ "Wind Powering America: Illinois Wind Maps", 2001. United States Department of Energy.
- ^ "Illinois Wind Energy Development", Wind Project Data Base, American Wind Energy Association.
- ^ "Wind Power on the Illinois Horizon", Rob Kanter, September 14, 2006. University of Illinois Environmental Council.
- ^ "Ethanol Fact Sheet", Illinois Corn Growers Association.
- ^ "BP Pledges $500 Million for Energy Biosciences Institute and Plans New Business to Exploit Research", BP.com, June 14, 2006.
- ^ "Gov. Blagojevich joins Gov. Schwarzenegger, top BP executives to celebrate launch of $500 million biosciences energy research partnership with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, UC-Berkeley". Press release, Illinois.gov. February 1, 2007.
- ^ "Illinois invests $25 million in five new biofuels facilities", Biodiesel Magazine, October 2006.
- ^ "Airport Statistics", Fly Chicago.com.
- ^ Governor of Illinois. Press release. Accessed April 20, 2006.
- ^ James L. Merriner, Grafters and Goo Goos: Corruption and Reform in Chicago, 1833-2003 (2004)
- ^ U.S. Senate: Art & History Home
- ^ American Fact Finder, United States Census Bureau.
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Bibliography
- Biles, Roger. Illinois: A History of the Land and Its People (2005)
- Bridges, Roger D. and Davis, Rodney O., Illinois : Its History and Legacy (1984) (ISBN 0933150865)
- Cole, Arthur Charles. The Era of the Civil War, 1848-1870 (1919). ISBN 0-8369-5646-X. narrative history
- Costa, David J. Illinois. (2007). Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas Newsletter XXV: 4, 9-12.
- Davis, James E. Frontier Illinois (1998). ISBN 0-253-33423-3. analytic history
- Gove, Samuel K. and James D. Nowlan. Illinois Politics & Government: The Expanding Metropolitan Frontier (1996). ISBN 0-8032-7014-3. Government text with guide to further sources.
- Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, eds. The Encyclopedia of Chicago (2004). ISBN 0-226-31015-9. online version; major scholarly guide to the metro area's history, geography, and culture
- Hallwas, John E. ed., Illinois Literature: The Nineteenth Century (1986). OCLC 14228886.
- Howard, Robert P. Illinois: A History of the Prairie State (1972). ISBN 0-8028-7025-2. textbook
- Jensen, Richard. Illinois: A History (2001). ISBN 0-252-07021-6. interpretation using a traditional-modern-postmodern model.
- Keiser, John H. Building for the Centuries: Illinois 1865-1898 (1977). ISBN 0-252-00617-8, narrative history
- Meyer, Douglas K. Making the Heartland Quilt: A Geographical History of Settlement and Migration in Early-Nineteenth-Century Illinois (2000). ISBN 0-8093-2289-7.
- Kilduff, Pygman. Illinois: History Government Geography (1962) school text
- Kleppner, Paul. Political Atlas of Illinois (1988). ISBN 0-87580-136-6. Maps for 1980s.
- Peck, J. M. A Gazetteer of Illinois (1837). ISBN 1-55613-782-6.
- Sutton, Robert P. ed. The Prairie State: A Documentary History of Illinois (1977). ISBN 0-8028-1651-7. 2 vol of primary sources
- Walton, C. Clyde. ed. An Illinois Reader (1970), primary sources
- Works Progress Administration. Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide (1939). ISBN 0-394-72195-0. A famous survey covering every town and city and much more.
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