State Name
Capital
Abbreviation
South Dakota
Pierre
SD
Tennessee
Nashville
TN
Texas
Austin
TX
Utah
Salt Lake City
UT
Vermont
Montpelier
VT
Virginia
Richmond
VA
Washington
Olympia
WA
West Virginia
Charleston
WV
Wisconsin
Madison
WI
Wyoming
Cheyenne
WY
1. Alabama: The first rocket to travel to the moon for humans was built in Huntsville, Alabama.
2. Alaska: The United States purchased Alaska from Russia for just 2 cents an acre.
3. Arizona: Arizona is home to the Grand Canyon. It is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
4. Arkansas: The only active diamond mine in the USA is located in Murfreesboro, Arkansas.
5. California: Did you know that the internet was born in California in 1969.
6. Colorado: Colorado has the highest average advancement of any state in the USA.
7. Connecticut: The first hamburger was made and served in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1900.
8. Delaware: Delaware was the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
9. Florida: Florida has more golf courses than any other state in the USA.
10. Georgia: The world’s largest drive-in restaurant whose name is The Varsity is located in Atlanta, Georgia.
11. Hawaii: Hawaii is the only US state made up entirely of islands.
12. Idaho: Idaho state produces most potatoes in the whole USA.
13. Illinois: The first skyscraper was built in Chicago, Illinois, in 1885.
14. Indiana: The Indianapolis 500 is the oldest continuously operated auto race in the world.
15. Iowa: The first female lawyer in the US whose name was Arabella Mansfield, was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1869.
16. Kansas: Kansas is geographically at the centre of the contiguous 48 states.
17. Kentucky: The Kentucky Derby is the oldest horse race that was continuously held in the country.
18. Louisiana: Louisiana is the only state in the US with parishes instead of counties.
19. Maine: Maine is the only state in the USA that shares a border with only one other state.
20. Maryland: The United States National Anthem was written by Francis Scott Key in Baltimore, Maryland.
21. Massachusetts: Basketball was invented in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891.
22. Michigan: Michigan has more freshwater coastline than any other state in the USA.
23. Minnesota: The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, is the largest shopping mall in the United States.
24. Mississippi: Mississippi was the site of the world’s first successful lung transplant in 1963.
25. Missouri: The ice cream cone was first introduced at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904.
26. Montana: Montana has the largest grizzly bear population in the lower 48 states.
27. Nebraska: The largest indoor rainforest in the United States is located in Omaha, Nebraska.
28. Nevada: More than 75% of the gold mined in the United States is from Nevada.
29. New Hampshire: New Hampshire was the first state to declare its independence from England.
30. New Jersey: The first organised baseball game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1846.
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31. New Mexico: New Mexico is home to the world’s first and largest international hot air balloon festival.
32. New York: New York was the first state to require license plates on cars.
33. North Carolina: The first successful powered flight by the Wright Brothers was in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
34. North Dakota: North Dakota produces more sunflowers than any other state.
35. Ohio: The first professional baseball team was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio.
36. Oklahoma: The parking meter was invented in Oklahoma City.
37. Oregon: Oregon has more ghost towns than any other state.
38. Pennsylvania: The first computer was used in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1946.
39. Rhode Island: Rhode Island is the smallest state in the United States by area.
40. South Carolina: South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union.
41. South Dakota: The famous Mount Rushmore National Memorial is carved in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
42. Tennessee: Tennessee is known as the birthplace of country music.
43. Texas: The Texas State Capitol is the largest state capitol building in the United States.
44. Utah: Utah has the highest literacy rate in the nation.
45. Vermont: Vermont was the first state admitted to the Union after the original 13 colonies.
46. Virginia: The first English settlement in America, Jamestown, was in Virginia.
47. Washington: Washington produces more apples than any other state.
48. West Virginia: The first federal prison which was specially made for women opened in West Virginia in 1926.
49. Wisconsin: Wisconsin is known as the Dairy Capital of the United States.
50. Wyoming: Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote.
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