US States Flashcards
(324 cards)
1
Q
In what year did Delaware enter the union?
A
1787
2
Q
In what year did Pennsylvania enter the union?
A
1787
2
Q
In what year did New Jersey enter the union?
A
1787
3
Q
In what year did Georgia enter the union?
A
1788
4
Q
In what year did Connecticut enter the union?
A
1788
4
Q
In what year did Massachusetts enter the union?
A
1788
5
Q
In what year did Maryland enter the union?
A
1788
6
Q
In what year did South Carolina enter the union?
A
1788
6
Q
In what year did New Hampshire enter the union?
A
1788
7
Q
In what year did Virginia enter the union?
A
1788
8
Q
In what year did New York enter the union?
A
1788
8
Q
In what year did North Carolina enter the union?
A
1789
9
Q
In what year did Rhode Island enter the union?
A
1790
10
Q
In what year did Vermont enter the union?
A
1791
10
Q
In what year did Kentucky enter the union?
A
1792
11
Q
In what year did Tennessee enter the union?
A
1796
12
Q
In what year did Ohio enter the union?
A
1803
12
Q
In what year did Louisiana enter the union?
A
1812
13
Q
In what year did Indiana enter the union?
A
1816
14
Q
In what year did Mississippi enter the union?
A
1817
14
Q
In what year did Illinois enter the union?
A
1818
15
Q
In what year did Alabama enter the union?
A
1819
16
Q
In what year did Maine enter the union?
A
1820
16
Q
In what year did Missouri enter the union?
A
1821
17
In what year did Arkansas enter the union?
1836
18
In what year did Michigan enter the union?
1837
18
In what year did Florida enter the union?
1845
19
In what year did Texas enter the union?
1845
20
In what year did Iowa enter the union?
1846
20
In what year did Wisconsin enter the union?
1848
21
In what year did California enter the union?
1850
22
In what year did Minnesota enter the union?
1858
22
In what year did Oregon enter the union?
1859
23
In what year did Kansas enter the union?
1861
24
In what year did West Virginia enter the union?
1863
24
In what year did Nevada enter the union?
1864
25
In what year did Nebraska enter the union?
1867
26
In what year did Colorado enter the union?
1876
27
In what year did North Dakota enter the union?
1889
28
In what year did South Dakota enter the union?
1889
29
In what year did Montana enter the union?
1889
30
In what year did Washington enter the union?
1889
31
In what year did Idaho enter the union?
1890
32
In what year did Wyoming enter the union?
1890
33
In what year did Utah enter the union?
1896
34
In what year did Oklahoma enter the union?
1907
35
In what year did New Mexico enter the union?
1912
36
In what year did Arizona enter the union?
1912
37
In what year did Alaska enter the union?
1959
38
In what year did Hawaii enter the union?
1959
39
# State Nicknames:
A Capital City (previously used on license plates)
District of Columbia
40
# State Nicknames:
A Dummies Paradise
Alaska
41
# State Nicknames:
Alligator State
Florida
42
# State Nicknames:
Aloha State (currently used on license plates)
Hawaii
43
# State Nicknames:
America in Miniature
Maryland
44
# State Nicknames:
America's Bread Basket
Kansas
45
# State Nicknames:
America's Dairyland (currently used on license plates)
Wisconsin
46
# State Nicknames:
America's High Five
Michigan
47
# State Nicknames:
Apache State
Arizona
48
# State Nicknames:
Apple State
Washington
49
# State Nicknames:
Artesian State
South Dakota
50
# State Nicknames:
Aztec State
Arizona
51
# State Nicknames:
Baby State (during the 47 years that Arizona was the newest state in the Union)
Arizona
52
# State Nicknames:
Badger State
Wisconsin
53
# State Nicknames:
Baked Bean State
Massachusetts
54
# State Nicknames:
Batman State
Colorado
55
# State Nicknames:
Battle Born State (refers to the fact that Nevada joined the Union during the Civil War)
Nevada
56
# State Nicknames:
Bayou State (previously used on license plates)
Louisiana
57
# State Nicknames:
Bear State
Arkansas
58
# State Nicknames:
Beaver State
Oregon
59
# State Nicknames:
Beef State (previously used on license plates)
Nebraska
60
# State Nicknames:
Beehive State
Utah
61
# State Nicknames:
Bellwether State
Missouri
62
# State Nicknames:
Big Bend State (refers to the Tennessee River)
Tennessee
63
# State Nicknames:
Big Sky Country (currently used on license plates)
Montana
64
# State Nicknames:
Birthplace of Aviation
Ohio
65
# State Nicknames:
Blizzard State
South Dakota
66
# State Nicknames:
Blue Hen State or Blue Hen Chicken State
Delaware
67
# State Nicknames:
Bluegrass State (currently used on license plates)
Kentucky
68
# State Nicknames:
Borinquen (name given by indigenous people, the Tainos)
Puerto Rico
69
# State Nicknames:
Bowie State
Arkansas
70
# State Nicknames:
Buckeye State
Ohio
71
# State Nicknames:
Buffalo Plains State
Colorado
72
# State Nicknames:
Bullion State
Missouri
73
# State Nicknames:
Butter Country
Minnesota
74
# State Nicknames:
Butternut State (refers to the tan color of the uniforms worn by Tennessee soldiers in the American Civil War)
Tennessee
75
# State Nicknames:
Cactus State
New Mexico
76
# State Nicknames:
Camellia State
Alabama
77
# State Nicknames:
Cave State
Missouri
78
# State Nicknames:
Centennial State
Colorado
79
# State Nicknames:
Charter Oak State
Connecticut
80
# State Nicknames:
Cheese State
Wisconsin
81
# State Nicknames:
Chemical Capital
Delaware
82
# State Nicknames:
Chesapeake State
Maryland
83
# State Nicknames:
Child of the Mississippi
Louisiana
84
# State Nicknames:
Chili State
Texas
85
# State Nicknames:
Citrus State
Florida
86
# State Nicknames:
Cockade State
Maryland
87
# State Nicknames:
Codfish State (formerly represented on license plates by a codfish)
Massachusetts
88
# State Nicknames:
Colorful Colorado
Colorado
89
# State Nicknames:
Columbine State
Colorado
90
# State Nicknames:
Constitution State
Connecticut
91
# State Nicknames:
Copper State
Arizona
92
# State Nicknames:
Corn State
Illinois
93
# State Nicknames:
Corn-cracker State (reported in 1881)
Kentucky
94
# State Nicknames:
Cornhusker State (previously used on license plates)
Nebraska
95
# State Nicknames:
Corporate Capital (due to the state's business-friendly laws)
Delaware
96
# State Nicknames:
Cotton Plantation State
Alabama
97
# State Nicknames:
Cotton State
Alabama
98
# State Nicknames:
Cowboy State
Wyoming
99
# State Nicknames:
Coyote State
South Dakota
100
# State Nicknames:
Crab State
Maryland
101
# State Nicknames:
Cracker State ? Along with Florida, Georgia had been called "The Cracker State" in earlier times, perhaps a derogatory term that referred to immigrants, called "crackers," from the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina.
Georgia
102
# State Nicknames:
Creole State
Louisiana
103
# State Nicknames:
Crossroads of America (previously used on license plates)
Indiana
104
# State Nicknames:
Diamond State
Arkansas
105
# State Nicknames:
Diamond State (allusion to the state flag)
Delaware
106
# State Nicknames:
El Dorado State
California
107
# State Nicknames:
Empire State of the South ? Refers to economic leadership
Georgia
108
# State Nicknames:
Equality State
Wyoming
109
# State Nicknames:
Everglade State
Florida
110
# State Nicknames:
Evergreen State
Washington
111
# State Nicknames:
First in Flight State (currently used on license plates)
North Carolina
112
# State Nicknames:
Fisherman's Paradise
Louisiana
113
# State Nicknames:
Flickertail State
North Dakota
114
# State Nicknames:
Flower State
Florida
115
# State Nicknames:
Forever West (On highway welcome signs)
Wyoming
116
# State Nicknames:
Free State
Maryland
117
# State Nicknames:
Friendly State (in disuse) (formerly used on license plates)
Utah
118
# State Nicknames:
Friendship State
Texas
119
# State Nicknames:
Garden of the West
Illinois
120
# State Nicknames:
Garden State (currently used on license plates)
New Jersey
121
# State Nicknames:
Gateway State
Missouri
122
# State Nicknames:
Gem of the Mountains
Idaho
123
# State Nicknames:
Gem State
Idaho
124
# State Nicknames:
God's Waiting Room
Florida
125
# State Nicknames:
Golden West
California
126
# State Nicknames:
Goober State ? Refers to peanuts, the official state crop.
Georgia
127
# State Nicknames:
Gopher State
Minnesota
128
# State Nicknames:
Grand Canyon State (currently used on license plates)
Arizona
129
# State Nicknames:
Granite State
New Hampshire
130
# State Nicknames:
Grape State
California
131
# State Nicknames:
Great Land (previously used on license plates)
Alaska
132
# State Nicknames:
Greatest Snow on Earth (formerly used on all license plates; now an alternate slogan on license plates alongside the state's current tourism slogan, "Life Elevated")
Utah
133
# State Nicknames:
Green Mountain State
Vermont
134
# State Nicknames:
Gulf State
Florida
135
# State Nicknames:
Hawkeye State
Iowa
136
# State Nicknames:
Heart of Dixie
Alabama
137
# State Nicknames:
Hemp State
Kentucky
138
# State Nicknames:
Highest State
Colorado
139
# State Nicknames:
Hog and Hominy State
Tennessee
140
# State Nicknames:
Holland of America
Louisiana
141
# State Nicknames:
Home of Beautiful Women
Kansas
142
# State Nicknames:
Home of Tax Free Shopping
Delaware
143
# State Nicknames:
Hoosier State
Indiana
144
# State Nicknames:
Hospitality State
Indiana
145
# State Nicknames:
Hospitality State (previously used on license plates)
Mississippi
146
# State Nicknames:
Hot Springs State
Arkansas
147
# State Nicknames:
Hurricane State
Florida
148
# State Nicknames:
Independence State
Pennsylvania
149
# State Nicknames:
Inland Empire State
Illinois
150
# State Nicknames:
Iodine Products State (in disuse)
South Carolina
151
# State Nicknames:
Isla del Encanto ("Island of Enchantment")
Puerto Rico
152
# State Nicknames:
Italy of America
Arizona
153
# State Nicknames:
Keystone State
Pennsylvania
154
# State Nicknames:
La Florida
Florida
155
# State Nicknames:
Land of 10,000 Lakes ("10,000 Lakes" currently used on license plates)
Minnesota
156
# State Nicknames:
Land of Enchantment
New Mexico
157
# State Nicknames:
Land of Fruits and Nuts
California
158
# State Nicknames:
Land of Infinite Variety
South Dakota
159
# State Nicknames:
Land of Lakes
Minnesota
160
# State Nicknames:
Land of Lincoln
Illinois
161
# State Nicknames:
Land of Milk and Honey
California
162
# State Nicknames:
Land of Opportunity (former official nickname; previously used on license plates)
Arkansas
163
# State Nicknames:
Land of Sky-Blue Waters
Minnesota
164
# State Nicknames:
Land of Sunshine (predates "Land of Enchantment"; this earlier nickname highlighted the large percentage of sunshine received statewide)
New Mexico
165
# State Nicknames:
Land of the Midnight Sun
Alaska
166
# State Nicknames:
Land of the Noonday Moon
Alaska
167
# State Nicknames:
Land of the Red Man
Oklahoma
168
# State Nicknames:
Land of the Rolling Prairie
Iowa
169
# State Nicknames:
Land of the Sky
North Carolina
170
# State Nicknames:
Lead State
Colorado
171
# State Nicknames:
Lead State
Missouri
172
# State Nicknames:
Liberty Bell State
Pennsylvania
173
# State Nicknames:
Little Ida
Idaho
174
# State Nicknames:
Little Rhody
Rhode Island
175
# State Nicknames:
Lizard State
Alabama
176
# State Nicknames:
Lone Star State
Texas
177
# State Nicknames:
Magnolia State
Mississippi
178
# State Nicknames:
Manatee State
Florida
179
# State Nicknames:
Mitten State
Michigan
180
# State Nicknames:
Monumental State
Maryland
181
# State Nicknames:
Mormon State
Utah
182
# State Nicknames:
Mother of Modern Presidents
Ohio
183
# State Nicknames:
Mother of Presidents
Virginia
184
# State Nicknames:
Mother of Rivers
Colorado
185
# State Nicknames:
Mother of Rivers
New Hampshire
186
# State Nicknames:
Mount Rushmore State (officially adopted in 1980 in place of the former nickname of Sunshine State)
South Dakota
187
# State Nicknames:
Mountain State (previously used on license plates)
West Virginia
188
# State Nicknames:
Native America (currently used on license plates)
Oklahoma
189
# State Nicknames:
New Andalusia
New Mexico
190
# State Nicknames:
New Sweden
Delaware
191
# State Nicknames:
North Star State
Minnesota
192
# State Nicknames:
Not The Worst Smelling State in the Country
Michigan
193
# State Nicknames:
Nutmeg State
Connecticut
194
# State Nicknames:
Ocean State (currently used on license plates)
Rhode Island
195
# State Nicknames:
Old Colony State
Massachusetts
196
# State Nicknames:
Old Line State
Maryland
197
# State Nicknames:
Old North State
North Carolina
198
# State Nicknames:
Orange State
Florida
199
# State Nicknames:
Oyster State
Maryland
200
# State Nicknames:
Ozark State
Missouri
201
# State Nicknames:
Pacific Wonderland (previously used on license plates)
Oregon
203
# State Nicknames:
Palmetto State
South Carolina
204
# State Nicknames:
Panhandle State
West Virginia
205
# State Nicknames:
Paradise of the Pacific
Hawaii
207
# State Nicknames:
Park State
Wyoming
208
# State Nicknames:
Peace Garden State (currently used on license plates)
North Dakota
209
# State Nicknames:
Peach State
Delaware
211
# State Nicknames:
Peach State
Georgia
212
# State Nicknames:
Pelican State
Louisiana
213
# State Nicknames:
Peninsula State or Peninsular State
Florida
215
# State Nicknames:
Pilgrim State
Massachusetts
216
# State Nicknames:
Pine Tree State
Maine
217
# State Nicknames:
Pineapple State
Hawaii
218
# State Nicknames:
Potatonia
Idaho
219
# State Nicknames:
Prairie State
Illinois
220
# State Nicknames:
Progress Island
Puerto Rico
221
# State Nicknames:
Pure Michigan (currently used to promote tourism and on highway signs)
Michigan
222
# State Nicknames:
Quaker State
Pennsylvania
223
# State Nicknames:
Queen State
Maryland
224
# State Nicknames:
Rainbow State
Hawaii
225
# State Nicknames:
Razorback State
Arkansas
226
# State Nicknames:
Rip Van Winkle State
North Carolina
227
# State Nicknames:
Rocky Mountain Empire
Colorado
229
# State Nicknames:
Rocky Mountain State
Colorado
230
# State Nicknames:
Rough Rider State
North Dakota
231
# State Nicknames:
Sagebrush State
Nevada
232
# State Nicknames:
Sand Hill State
Arizona
234
# State Nicknames:
Sandlapper State
South Carolina
234
# State Nicknames:
Seward's Folly (named after U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward)
Alaska
236
# State Nicknames:
Seward's Ice Box, Icebergia, Polaria, Walrussia, and Johnson's Polar Bear Garden were satirical names coined by members of the U.S. Congress during debate over the Alaska Purchase
Alaska
237
# State Nicknames:
Show-Me State (currently used on license plates)
Missouri
238
# State Nicknames:
Silver State
Colorado
239
# State Nicknames:
Silver State (currently used on license plates)
Nevada
241
# State Nicknames:
Sioux State
North Dakota
242
# State Nicknames:
Small Wonder
Delaware
243
# State Nicknames:
Sooner State
Oklahoma
244
# State Nicknames:
Spectacular Peninsulas (currently used on license plates)
Michigan
246
# State Nicknames:
Sportsman's Paradise (currently used on license plates)
Louisiana
246
# State Nicknames:
Spud State
Idaho
248
# State Nicknames:
State of Hockey
Minnesota
249
# State Nicknames:
Sucker State (possibly named for a type of fish)
Illinois
250
# State Nicknames:
Sugar State
Louisiana
251
# State Nicknames:
Sunflower State
Kansas
253
# State Nicknames:
Sunset State
Arizona
254
# State Nicknames:
Sunset State
Oregon
255
# State Nicknames:
Sunshine State
Indiana
256
# State Nicknames:
Sunshine State
South Dakota
258
# State Nicknames:
Sunshine State (currently used on license plates)
Florida
258
# State Nicknames:
Sweetheart State
Arizona
260
# State Nicknames:
Switzerland of America
Colorado
261
# State Nicknames:
Tall Corn State
Iowa
262
# State Nicknames:
Tar Heel State
North Carolina
263
# State Nicknames:
Taxachusetts (colloquial)
Massachusetts
265
# State Nicknames:
Taxation without Representation (currently used on License Plates)
District of Columbia
266
# State Nicknames:
Terrapin State
Maryland
267
# State Nicknames:
The Bay State
Massachusetts
268
# State Nicknames:
The Bear State (or Republic)
California
270
# State Nicknames:
The Birthplace of America's Music (currently being used on license plates)
Mississippi
270
# State Nicknames:
The BruiseDude State
Ohio
272
# State Nicknames:
The Cereal Bowl of the Nation
California
273
# State Nicknames:
The Colorful State
New Mexico
274
# State Nicknames:
The Commonwealth
Massachusetts
275
# State Nicknames:
The Commonwealth
Virginia
276
# State Nicknames:
The Crossroads of the Revolution (previously used on license plates)
New Jersey
277
# State Nicknames:
The Dark and Bloody Ground State (an allusion to battles between the Creek, Shawnee, Chickasaw, and Cherokee tribes)
Kentucky
278
# State Nicknames:
The District
District of Columbia
279
# State Nicknames:
The Empire State (currently used on license plates)
New York
280
# State Nicknames:
The Eureka State
California
281
# State Nicknames:
The Federal City
District of Columbia
282
# State Nicknames:
The First State
Delaware
283
# State Nicknames:
The Golden State
California
284
# State Nicknames:
The Great Lakes State (previously used on license plates)
Michigan
285
# State Nicknames:
The Great Rivers State
Missouri
286
# State Nicknames:
The Heart of it All
Ohio
287
# State Nicknames:
The Land of Sunshine and Opportunity
California
288
# State Nicknames:
The Last Best Place
Montana
289
# State Nicknames:
The Last Frontier (presently used on license plates)
Alaska
290
# State Nicknames:
The Mother of Southwestern Statesmen
Tennessee
291
# State Nicknames:
The Natural State (currently used on license plates)
Arkansas
292
# State Nicknames:
The Old Dominion
Virginia
293
# State Nicknames:
The Outer Space State
New Mexico
294
# State Nicknames:
The Shining Star of the Caribbean
Puerto Rico
295
# State Nicknames:
The South's Warmest Welcome
Mississippi
296
# State Nicknames:
The Spanish State
New Mexico
297
# State Nicknames:
The Spirit of America (currently used on license plates)
Massachusetts
298
# State Nicknames:
The Sunshine State (in disuse) (c.f. FL)
California
299
# State Nicknames:
The Tex-Mex State
New Mexico
300
# State Nicknames:
The Tomato State
New Jersey
301
# State Nicknames:
The World's Motor Capital (previously used on licese plates)
Michigan
302
# State Nicknames:
Tobacco State
Kentucky
303
# State Nicknames:
Toll Booth State
Pennsylvania
304
# State Nicknames:
Toothpick State
Arkansas
305
# State Nicknames:
Treasure State (previously used on license plates)
Montana
306
# State Nicknames:
Tree Planter's State
Nebraska
307
# State Nicknames:
Tropical State
Florida
308
# State Nicknames:
Turpentine State
North Carolina
309
# State Nicknames:
Uncle Sam's Pocket Handkerchief
Delaware
310
# State Nicknames:
Union State
Oregon
311
# State Nicknames:
Vacationland (currently used on license plates)
Maine
312
# State Nicknames:
Valentine State (Arizona gained statehood on February 14, 1912)
Arizona
313
# State Nicknames:
Variety Vacationland
North Carolina
314
# State Nicknames:
Vikings State
Minnesota
315
# State Nicknames:
Volunteer State
Tennessee
316
# State Nicknames:
Wheat State (previously used on license plates)
Kansas
317
# State Nicknames:
Where Stars Are Buried
California
318
# State Nicknames:
White Mountain State
New Hampshire
319
# State Nicknames:
Winter Water Wonderland (previously used on license plates)
Michigan
320
# State Nicknames:
Wolverine State
Michigan
321
# State Nicknames:
Wonder State
Arkansas
322
# State Nicknames:
Yankee-land of the South: Similarly to the above nickname, "Yankee-land of the South" speaks to industrial and economic development in the south. This nickname may be used in a derogatory sense.
Georgia
323
# State Nicknames:
Yellowhammer State
Alabama
324
# State Nicknames:
Youngest State
Hawaii
