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US States by History - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 106 times
- The average score is 29 of 50
Answer Stats
| History Hint | State | % Correct |
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| Hurricane Katrina flooded this state's largest city, killing around 1000 | Louisiana | 92%
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| By 1941, four presidential faces were sculpted into what natives consider a sacred region of this state | South Dakota | 90%
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| Mormons migrated here following Brigham Young | Utah | 90%
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| The Battle of Gettysburg took place here | Pennsylvania | 87%
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| Home to the first permanent English settlement in the Americas | Virginia | 85%
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| An attack here led to the US entry into WWII | Hawaii | 83%
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| The Civil War began in this state's Fort Sumter | South Carolina | 83%
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| Birthplace of Coca-Cola | Georgia | 79%
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| Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated here | Tennessee | 77%
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| The Blues likely originated here in "the Delta" | Mississippi | 75%
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| Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat here | Alabama | 73%
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| Was part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts until 1820 | Maine | 72%
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| A bullion depository was built here in 1936 adjacent to Fort Knox | Kentucky | 70%
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| The third Winter Olympic Games were held here, for the first time in the US | New York | 70%
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| Along with Washington, in 2012 this was the first state to legalize recreational marijuana | Colorado | 69%
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| It was this state's frontier town Dodge City where the phrase "get out of Dodge" arose | Kansas | 69%
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| Home to the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous US | Florida | 68%
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| George Vancouver entered the Strait of Juan de Fuca of the coast of what is now this state in 1792 | Washington | 68%
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| A large arch was constructed here as a symbol of westward expansion | Missouri | 66%
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| It obtained statehood by separated from another state during the Civil War | West Virginia | 65%
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| The first state to ratify the Constitution | Delaware | 63%
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| The first ever atomic bomb detonated here | New Mexico | 63%
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| Here the National Guard shot and killed or wounded multiple students protesting the Vietnam War in 1970 | Ohio | 63%
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| Paul Revere's midnight ride was here | Massachusetts | 62%
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| This state's Black Rock Desert is where the Burning Man festival was moved in 1990 | Nevada | 62%
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| Thomas Edison created the first light bulb in this state's Menlo Park | New Jersey | 62%
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| The final destination of tribes on the Trail of Tears | Oklahoma | 62%
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| Where the Roanoke Colony failed | North Carolina | 61%
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| Purchased for less than $0.02 per acre | Alaska | 59%
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| Six flags have flown over this state | Texas | 58%
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| Site of Custer's Last Stand | Montana | 56%
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| The first skyscraper was constructed here | Illinois | 55%
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| Lewis and Clark's expedition turned back around here | Oregon | 55%
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| This state was an independent republic from 1777 and 1791 | Vermont | 55%
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| The Gadsden Purchase contributed to about 20% of this state's current area | Arizona | 51%
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| The 42nd US President was born here | Arkansas | 46%
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| The western terminus of the Pony Express | California | 41%
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| The Toledo War granted its statehood | Michigan | 41%
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| The last of the 13 Colonies to ratify the Constitution | Rhode Island | 41%
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| Where women's suffrage was first enshrined into law | Wyoming | 41%
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| A Revolutionary War soldier from here famously toasted "live free or die" | New Hampshire | 39%
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| It was originally planned as a haven for English Catholics | Maryland | 38%
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| Its name, claimed to mean "gem of the mountains," was fabricated by George M. Willing | Idaho | 32%
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| Where Sacagawea met Lewis and Clark | North Dakota | 31%
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| Location of the Dakota War of 1862 | Minnesota | 30%
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| Birthplace of President Gerald Ford | Nebraska | 27%
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| Its first territorial capital was Vincennes | Indiana | 25%
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| It owned the Western Reserve in present day Ohio | Connecticut | 17%
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| Became the first state to distribute unemployment compensation in 1932 | Wisconsin | 17%
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| The Red Delicious apple cultivar originated from here | Iowa | 15%
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