1. Ms. Harbach 3rd Grade Social Studies
Midwest States
Ms. Harbach
3rd Grade Social Studies

2. 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.

3. 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 .

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.