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Every State in the Order They Joined the Union

Guess every state by the order they joined the Union in.
This quiz doesn't count Confederate states re-entering the union.
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Date They Joined
 
State
1
Dec. 7, 1787
D
Delaware
2
Dec. 12, 1787
P
Pennsylvania
3
Dec. 18, 1787
N
New Jersey
4
Jan. 2, 1788
G
Georgia
5
Jan. 9, 1788
C
Connecticut
6
Feb. 6, 1788
M
Massachusetts
7
Apr. 28, 1788
M
Maryland
8
May 23, 1788
S
South Carolina
9
June 21, 1788
N
New Hampshire
10
June 25, 1788
V
Virginia
11
July 26, 1788
N
New York
12
Nov. 21, 1789
N
North Carolina
13
May 29, 1790
R
Rhode Island
14
Mar. 4, 1791
V
Vermont
15
June 1, 1792
K
Kentucky
16
June 1, 1796
T
Tennessee
17
Mar. 1, 1803
O
Ohio
18
Apr. 30, 1812
L
Louisiana
19
Dec. 11, 1816
I
Indiana
20
Dec. 10, 1817
M
Mississippi
21
Dec. 3, 1818
I
Illinois
22
Dec. 14, 1819
A
Alabama
23
Mar. 15, 1820
M
Maine
24
Aug. 10, 1821
M
Missouri
25
June 15, 1836
A
Arkansas
26
Jan. 26, 1837
M
Michigan
27
Mar. 3, 1845
F
Florida
28
Dec. 29, 1845
T
Texas
29
Dec. 28, 1846
I
Iowa
30
May 29, 1848
W
Wisconsin
31
Sept. 9, 1850
C
California
32
May 11, 1858
M
Minnesota
33
Feb. 14, 1859
O
Oregon
34
Jan. 29, 1861
K
Kansas
35
June 20, 1863
W
West Virginia
36
Oct. 31, 1864
N
Nevada
37
Mar. 1, 1867
N
Nebraska
38
Aug. 1, 1876
C
Colorado
39
Nov. 2, 1889
N
North Dakota
40
Nov. 2, 1889
S
South Dakota
41
Nov. 8, 1889
M
Montana
42
Nov. 11, 1889
W
Washington
43
July 3, 1890
I
Idaho
44
July 10, 1890
W
Wyoming
45
Jan. 4, 1896
U
Utah
46
Nov. 16, 1907
O
Oklahoma
47
Jan. 6, 1912
N
New Mexico
48
Feb. 14, 1912
A
Arizona
49
Jan. 3, 1959
A
Alaska
50
Aug. 21, 1959
H
Hawaii
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2 Comments
cpgatbyu
+1
Level 88
Nov 24, 2020
You should use the yellow box. Otherwise, you're just asking us to list all of the states.
FNWY4life
+1
Level 74
Nov 25, 2020
Fixed. Thanks for the warning!
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