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Admitted to the Union in 1850, it is our nation's most populous state with 39.5 million people, and the 3rd largest state by area. It's capital is Sacramento...
What is "California"?
This state is bordered by the Arctic and Pacific Oceans. It is the furthest point, northwest, on our continent...
What is "Alaska"?
What is "Minnesota"?
This is known as "The Sunshine State," and it is home to the cities of Miami, Jacksonville and Tampa Bay...
What is "Florida"?
Providence is this state's capital (and largest) city...
Admitted to the Union in 1859, it's capital is Salem and it's largest city is Portland...
What is "Oregon"?
This state is bordered by New York to the west, Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south, and New Hampshire and Vermont to the north...
What is "Massachusetts"?
The capital of this southwest state, is Austin. It is the 2nd most populated state, and the 2nd largest state by area (of the 50 states)...
What is "Texas"?
The city of Richmond, in this state, was the capital of the Confederacy (1861 - 1865)...
What is "Virginia"?
Philadelphia is this state's largest city (population: 1.6 million)...
What is "Pennsylvania"?
Named after our 1st president, this state's capital is Olympia and it's largest city is Seattle...
What is "Washington"?
This state is bordered by New Hampshire to the west, by the province of Quebec to the northwest, and by the province of New Brunswick to the east...
What is "Maine"?
Known as "The Land of Lincoln," it's largest city is Chicago...
What is "Illinois"?
This state's capital and largest city is Atlanta (pop.: 490,000)...
What is "Georgia"?
This state is our nation's 4th most populous (19.3 million)... it is home to our most populated city (8.4 million)...
What is "New York"?
Nearly 3/4's of its people live in the Las Vegas-Paradise metropolitan area. This state is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east...
What is "Nevada"?
This state is bordered by Georgia to the north, and Alabama to both the north and the west...
This state's capital is Madison, and it is known as "The Badger State." The state recently overtook the Great State of Massachusetts as the biggest producer of cranberries in the US. It is home to the storied "Green Bay Packers," of football...
What is "Wisconsin"?
Baton Rouge is this state's capital, and New Orleans (pop.: 391,000) is its most populous city...
What is "Louisiana"?
States in this 6-State Region, are small geographically, but have higher populations than many larger states (for example, look at Rhode Island: It is the smallest state by area, but has a higher population than Alaska, our largest state...)
What is "New England"?
One of the conditions for granting it statehood (1896) was the banning of polygamy (plural marriage; marrying more than one person)... It's capital is Salt Lake City...
What is "Utah"?
This state is completely surrounded by the Pacific Ocean...
What is "Hawaii"?
This state's abbreviation is another word for "alright."
What is "Oklahoma"? "OK"?
It's capital is Raleigh, and it is one of the fastest growing states in the country (it's currently our 9th most populous state; Massachusetts is 16th in the nation)...
What is "North Carolina"?
Trenton is the capital of this state. It's most populous city is Newark (281,000)...
What is "New Jersey"?