This state is shaped like a peninsula and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
What is Florida?
This city, not New York City, is the capital of New York State.
What is Albany?
This number of British colonies declared independence from Great Britain in 1776.
What is thirteen?
The Statue of Liberty stands in the harbor of this state.
What is New York?
Hollywood and Silicon Valley are both located in this state.
What is California?
These are the only two U.S. states that do not border another U.S. state.
What are Alaska and Hawaii?
Sacramento is the capital of this state.
What is California?
This 1803 land acquisition from France dramatically increased the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The Grand Canyon is located in this southwestern state.
What is Arizona?
This state is strongly associated with automobile manufacturing and the city of Detroit.
What is Michigan?
This state consists of two major peninsulas and borders four of the five Great Lakes.
What is Michigan?
This city is the capital of Florida, rather than Miami or Orlando.
What is Tallahassee?
This state entered the Union in 1959 as the 50th state.
What is Hawaii?
Mount Rushmore is located in this state.
What is South Dakota?
Wall Street, one of the world’s major financial centers, is located in this state.
What is New York?
This state occupies the northwestern corner of the contiguous United States and shares its name with the first U.S. president.
What is Washington?
Carson City is the capital of this state, whose best-known city is Las Vegas.
What is Nevada?
This state entered the Union in January 1959 as the 49th state.
What is Alaska?
The Gateway Arch, often called the Gateway to the West, stands in this Missouri city.
What is St. Louis?
This state is strongly associated with oil, cattle, space exploration and the cities of Houston, Dallas and Austin.
What is Texas?
This state is part of the Four Corners, where four U.S. states meet at one point, and it lies directly north of New Mexico.
What is Colorado?
This state capital, located on the island of Oahu, is also the largest city in its state.
What is Honolulu?
This state entered the Union during the Civil War after separating from Virginia.
What is West Virginia?
This national park, located mainly in Wyoming, became the world’s first national park in 1872.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
This northwestern state is associated with Seattle, aircraft manufacturing and several major technology companies.
What is Washington?