Illinois 

 Land of Lincoln - The Prairie State - 21st - December 3, 1818 

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 ACROSS 

 5  type of bird on the state flag 
 7  Chicago baseball team 

 10  Illinois' state animal is the white-tailed 

 __________ 

 11  twenty-first state to join the United 

 States 

 12  last name of the 16th President of the 

 United States who is buried in Illinois 

 13  last name of 40th President of the 

 United States who was born in Illinois 

 14  state tree (2 words) 
 15  state bird 

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 1  most populated city 
 2  river that forms Illinois' western border 
 3  shares borders with Wisconsin, Iowa, 

 Missouri, Indiana, and __________ 

 4  tallest skyscraper in the United States 

 (2 words) 

 6  Great Lake that Chicago is next to 
 8  capital of Illinois 
 9  state flower