| Hint | State | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City is its largest city | Missouri | 93%
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| the Colorado River flows through its largest tourist attraction | Arizona | 78%
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| Washington, D.C., is located on land which formerly belonged to this state | Maryland | 77%
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| in 1792, the Western part of Virginia seceded from Virginia to become this state | Kentucky | 57%
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| contains what was once the westernmost part of Spanish Florida | Louisiana | 53%
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| the "Toledo War" (1835-36) involved its claim to Toledo, Ohio | Michigan | 49%
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| location of Mesilla, capital of "Arizona Territory" during the CSA's 1861-62 invasion | New Mexico | 47%
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| the home state of President Washington | Virginia | 47%
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| its name means "Cloudy Water" in the Dakota language | Minnesota | 45%
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| briefly called itself the "Republic of New Connecticut" | Vermont | 45%
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| location of Cairo, the city at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers | Illinois | 42%
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| gained independence from Massachusetts as part of the "Missouri Compromise" in 1820 | Maine | 41%
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| formerly called the "Lower Counties" of the Province of Pennsylvania | Delaware | 38%
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| contains the part of Mississippi Territory which did not become the State of Mississippi | Alabama | 32%
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| contains the headwaters of the Missouri River | Montana | 31%
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| contains what was once the northernmost part of the Republic of Texas | Wyoming | 27%
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| called the "Territory South of the River Ohio" until receiving statehood | Tennessee | 24%
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| contains the former Connecticut Western Reserve and the former Virginia Military District | Ohio | 14%
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| location of the Wyoming Valley, namesake of the State of Wyoming | Pennsylvania | 10%
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| the "Pennamite Wars" (1769-99) involved its claim to Wilkes-Barr, Pennsylvania | Connecticut | 8%
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