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Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States . The other four Great Lakes are shared by the U . S . and ___MASK53___ . It is the second - largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third - largest by surface area , after Lake Superior and Lake Huron ( and is slightly smaller than the U . S . state of West Virginia ). To the east , its basin is conjoined with that of Lake Huron through the wide Straits of Mackinac , giving it the same surface elevation as its easterly counterpart ; the two are technically a single lake . Lake Michigan is shared , from west to east , by the U . S . states of Wisconsin , Illinois , Indiana , and Michigan . Ports along its shores include , Chicago , Milwaukee , Green Bay , Wisconsin , Gary , Indiana , and Benton Harbor , Michigan . The word " Michigan " originally referred to the lake itself , and is believed to come from the Ojibwa word " mishigami " meaning " great water ". In the earliest European maps of the region , the name of Lake Illinois has been found in addition to that of " Michigan ". A post office is a customer service facility forming part of a national postal system . Post offices offer mail - related services such as acceptance of letters and parcels ; provision of post office boxes ; and sale of postage stamps , packaging , and stationery . In addition , many post offices offer additional services : providing and accepting government forms ( such as passport applications ), processing government services and fees ( such as road tax ), and banking services ( such as savings accounts and money orders ). The chief ___MASK97___ of a post office is a ___MASK16___ . A ___MASK16___ is the head of an individual post office . When a ___MASK16___ is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization ( usually sponsored by a national government ), the title of ___MASK16___ General is commonly used . Responsibilities of a ___MASK16___ typically include management of a centralized mail distribution facility , establishment of letter carrier routes , supervision of letter carriers and clerks , and enforcement of the organization ' s rules and procedures . Wisconsin is a U . S . state located in the north - central United States , in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions . It is bordered by Minnesota to the west , Iowa to the southwest , Illinois to the south , Lake Michigan to the east , Michigan to the northeast , and Lake Superior to the north . Wisconsin is the 23rd largest state by total area and the 20th most populous . The state capital is Madison , and its largest city is Milwaukee , which is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan . The state is divided into 72 counties . The Great Lakes ( also called the Laurentian Great Lakes , or the Great Lakes of North America ) are a series of interconnected freshwater lakes located primarily in the upper mid - east region of North America , on the ___MASK53___  United States border , which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence River . Consisting of Lakes Superior , Michigan , Huron ( or Michigan  Huron ), Erie , and Ontario , they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth , containing 21 % of the world ' s surface fresh water by volume . The total surface is , and the total volume ( measured at the low water datum ) is . Due to their sea - like characteristics ( rolling waves , sustained winds , strong currents , great depths , and distant horizons ) the five Great Lakes have also long been referred to as " inland seas ". Lake Superior is the second largest lake in the world by area , and Lake Michigan is the largest lake that is entirely within one country . The southern half of the Great Lakes is bordered by the Great Lakes Megalopolis . Minnesota ( locally ) is a state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States . Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U . S . state on May 11 , 1858 , created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory . The state has a large number of lakes , and is known by the slogan " Land of 10 , 000 Lakes ". Its ___MASK27___ motto is " L ' Étoile du Nord " ( French : " Star of the North "). Minnesota is the 12th largest in area and the 21st most populous of the U . S . states ; nearly 60 percent of its residents live in the Minneapolis  ___MASK77___ Paul metropolitan area ( known as the " Twin Cities "), the center of transportation , business , industry , education , and government and home to an internationally known arts community . The remainder of the state consists of western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture ; deciduous forests in the southeast , now partially cleared , farmed and settled ; and the less populated North Woods , used for mining , forestry , and recreation . Minnesota is known for its progressive political orientation and its high rate of civic participation and voter turnout . Until European settlement , Minnesota was inhabited by the Dakota and Ojibwe / Anishinaabe . During the 19th and early 20th centuries , the large majority of the European settlers emigrated from Scandinavia and Germany , and the state remains a center of Scandinavian American and German American culture . In recent decades , immigration from Asia , the Horn of Africa , and Latin America has broadened its historic demographic and cultural composition . Minnesota ' s standard of living index is among the highest in the United States , and the state is also among the best - educated and wealthiest in the nation . The Free Soil Party was a short - lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections , and in some state elections . Founded in Buffalo , New York , it was a third party and a single - issue party that largely appealed to and drew its greatest strength from New York State . The party leadership consisted of anti - slavery former members of the Whig Party and the ___MASK89___ . Its main purpose was to oppose the expansion of slavery into the western territories , arguing that free men on free soil comprised a morally and economically superior system to slavery . It opposed slavery in the new territories ( agreeing with the Wilmot Proviso ) and sometimes worked to remove existing laws that discriminated against freed African Americans in states such as Ohio . It nominated Martin Van Buren for the presidency in 1848 and John P . Hale for the presidency in 1852 . Edward Eastman ( February 22 , 1806 - February 23 , 1870 ) was an American ___MASK48___ and bookseller from Oshkosh , Wisconsin who was the first mayor of Oshkosh , served several years as its postmaster , and spent a single one - year term in 1851 as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly . In many countries , a ___MASK36___ ( or , from the Latin " maior " , meaning " bigger ") is the highest - ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town . An " ___MASK27___ " is someone who holds an office ( function or mandate , regardless whether it carries an actual working space with it ) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority ( either their own or that of their superior and / or employer , public or legally private ). The Wilmot Proviso proposed an American law to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War . The conflict over the proviso was one of the ___MASK45___ events leading to the American Civil War . A ___MASK48___ is a business person who trades in commodities produced by other people in order to earn a profit . The status of the ___MASK48___ has varied during different periods of history and among different societies . Merchants have often been the subject of works of art . Martin Van Buren (; December 5 , 1782  July 24 , 1862 ) was an American ___MASK40___ who served a single term as the eighth President of the United States ( 1837  41 ). A member of the Democratic Party , he served in a number of senior roles , including eighth Vice President ( 1833  37 ) and tenth Secretary of State ( 1829  31 ), both under Andrew Jackson . Van Buren ' s inability as president to deal with the deep economic depression following the Panic of 1837 and with the surging Whig Party led to his defeat in the 1840 election . A U . S . state is a constituent political entity of the ___MASK78___ . There are 50 states , which are bound together in a union with each other . Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory , and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government . Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government , Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside . State citizenship and residency are flexible , and no government approval is required to move between states , except for persons covered by certain types of court orders ( e . g ., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody ). John Parker Hale ( March 31 , 1806November 19 , 1873 ) was an American ___MASK40___ and lawyer from New Hampshire . He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and in the United States Senate from 1847 to 1853 and again from 1855 to 1865 . He was one of the first senators to make a stand against slavery . Hale was a leading member of the Free Soil Party and was its presidential nominee in 1852 . A ___MASK16___ General , in many countries , is the chief executive officer of the postal service of that country , responsible for oversight over all other Postmasters . The practice of having a government official responsible for overseeing the delivery of mail throughout the nation originated in England , where a " Master of the Posts " is mentioned in the " King ' s Book of Payments ", with a payment of £ 100 being authorised for Tuke as master of the posts in February 1512 . Belatedly , in 1517 , he was officially appointed to the office of " ___MASK64___ of the King ' s Posts ", a precursor to the office of ___MASK16___ General of the United Kingdom , by Henry VIII . In 1609 it was decreed that letters could only be carried and delivered by persons authorised by the ___MASK16___ General . A city is a large and permanent human settlement . Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town in ___MASK58___ English language meanings , many cities have a particular administrative , legal , or historical status based on local law . Illinois is a state in the midwestern region of the United States , achieving statehood in 1818 . It is the 5th most populous state and 25th largest state in terms of land area , and is often noted as a microcosm of the entire country . The word " Illinois " comes from the Algonquin word for " tribe of superior men ". With Chicago in the northeast , small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois , and natural resources like coal , timber , and petroleum in the south , Illinois has a diverse economic base and is a ___MASK45___ transportation hub . The Port of Chicago connects the state to other global ports from the Great Lakes , via the ___MASK77___ Lawrence Seaway , to the Atlantic Ocean , as well as the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River , via the Illinois River . For decades , O ' Hare International Airport has been ranked as one of the world ' s busiest airports . Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and politics .