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Parent topics

• United States of America [r]: a large nation in middle North America with a republic of fifty semi-independent states, a nation since 1776. ^[e]

Subtopics

Principal cities

• Champaign [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chicago [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Chicago (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
• Decatur [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Normal [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Peoria [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Rock Island [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Rockford [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Springfield [r]: Capital of the U.S. state of Illinois; the home town of President Abraham Lincoln. ^[e]
• Urbana [r]: Add brief definition or description

Politics and government

U.S. Senate

• Roland Burris [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Richard J. Durbin [r]: Add brief definition or description

Social, cultural, and educational

• University of Illinois [r]: Add brief definition or description
• University of Chicago [r]: A private, coeducational research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. ^[e]
• Northwestern University [r]: Add brief definition or description

Industry and agriculture

• Principal crops and farming-related articles, industrial products, etc

Geographical and geological features

• Illinois River [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Lake Michigan [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mississippi River [r]: the longest river in the U.S. and North America at more than 2300 miles in length ^[e]

Noteworthy places

• Examples: Hoover Dam

People

• Abraham Lincoln [r]: (1809-65) Sixteenth U.S. President (from 1861 to 1865) who prosecuted the American Civil War to reclaim 11 seceding states and abolish slavery; assassinated in 1865 near the beginning of his second term. Considered the greatest of all American presidents. ^[e]
• Barack Obama [r]: 44th President of the United States of America (2009–2017) and a former Senator from Illinois (U.S. state) (born 1961). ^[e]

Federal

• Argonne National Laboratory [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory [r]: Add brief definition or description

State history

• Abraham Lincoln [r]: (1809-65) Sixteenth U.S. President (from 1861 to 1865) who prosecuted the American Civil War to reclaim 11 seceding states and abolish slavery; assassinated in 1865 near the beginning of his second term. Considered the greatest of all American presidents. ^[e]

Other related topics

Native American

• Tribes, reservations, etc