US States Flashcards
In what year did Delaware enter the union?
1787
In what year did Pennsylvania enter the union?
1787
In what year did New Jersey enter the union?
1787
In what year did Georgia enter the union?
1788
In what year did Connecticut enter the union?
1788
In what year did Massachusetts enter the union?
1788
In what year did Maryland enter the union?
1788
In what year did South Carolina enter the union?
1788
In what year did New Hampshire enter the union?
1788
In what year did Virginia enter the union?
1788
In what year did New York enter the union?
1788
In what year did North Carolina enter the union?
1789
In what year did Rhode Island enter the union?
1790
In what year did Vermont enter the union?
1791
In what year did Kentucky enter the union?
1792
In what year did Tennessee enter the union?
1796
In what year did Ohio enter the union?
1803
In what year did Louisiana enter the union?
1812
In what year did Indiana enter the union?
1816
In what year did Mississippi enter the union?
1817
In what year did Illinois enter the union?
1818
In what year did Alabama enter the union?
1819
In what year did Maine enter the union?
1820
In what year did Missouri enter the union?
1821
In what year did Arkansas enter the union?
1836
In what year did Michigan enter the union?
1837
In what year did Florida enter the union?
1845
In what year did Texas enter the union?
1845
In what year did Iowa enter the union?
1846
In what year did Wisconsin enter the union?
1848
In what year did California enter the union?
1850
In what year did Minnesota enter the union?
1858
In what year did Oregon enter the union?
1859
In what year did Kansas enter the union?
1861
In what year did West Virginia enter the union?
1863
In what year did Nevada enter the union?
1864
In what year did Nebraska enter the union?
1867
In what year did Colorado enter the union?
1876
In what year did North Dakota enter the union?
1889
In what year did South Dakota enter the union?
1889
In what year did Montana enter the union?
1889
In what year did Washington enter the union?
1889
In what year did Idaho enter the union?
1890
In what year did Wyoming enter the union?
1890
In what year did Utah enter the union?
1896
In what year did Oklahoma enter the union?
1907
In what year did New Mexico enter the union?
1912
In what year did Arizona enter the union?
1912
In what year did Alaska enter the union?
1959
In what year did Hawaii enter the union?
1959
State Nicknames:
A Capital City (previously used on license plates)
District of Columbia
State Nicknames:
A Dummies Paradise
Alaska
State Nicknames:
Alligator State
Florida
State Nicknames:
Aloha State (currently used on license plates)
Hawaii
State Nicknames:
America in Miniature
Maryland
State Nicknames:
America’s Bread Basket
Kansas
State Nicknames:
America’s Dairyland (currently used on license plates)
Wisconsin
State Nicknames:
America’s High Five
Michigan
State Nicknames:
Apache State
Arizona
State Nicknames:
Apple State
Washington
State Nicknames:
Artesian State
South Dakota
State Nicknames:
Aztec State
Arizona
State Nicknames:
Baby State (during the 47 years that Arizona was the newest state in the Union)
Arizona
State Nicknames:
Badger State
Wisconsin
State Nicknames:
Baked Bean State
Massachusetts
State Nicknames:
Batman State
Colorado
State Nicknames:
Battle Born State (refers to the fact that Nevada joined the Union during the Civil War)
Nevada
State Nicknames:
Bayou State (previously used on license plates)
Louisiana
State Nicknames:
Bear State
Arkansas
State Nicknames:
Beaver State
Oregon
State Nicknames:
Beef State (previously used on license plates)
Nebraska
State Nicknames:
Beehive State
Utah
State Nicknames:
Bellwether State
Missouri
State Nicknames:
Big Bend State (refers to the Tennessee River)
Tennessee
State Nicknames:
Big Sky Country (currently used on license plates)
Montana
State Nicknames:
Birthplace of Aviation
Ohio
State Nicknames:
Blizzard State
South Dakota
State Nicknames:
Blue Hen State or Blue Hen Chicken State
Delaware
State Nicknames:
Bluegrass State (currently used on license plates)
Kentucky
State Nicknames:
Borinquen (name given by indigenous people, the Tainos)
Puerto Rico
State Nicknames:
Bowie State
Arkansas
State Nicknames:
Buckeye State
Ohio
State Nicknames:
Buffalo Plains State
Colorado
State Nicknames:
Bullion State
Missouri
State Nicknames:
Butter Country
Minnesota
State Nicknames:
Butternut State (refers to the tan color of the uniforms worn by Tennessee soldiers in the American Civil War)
Tennessee
State Nicknames:
Cactus State
New Mexico
State Nicknames:
Camellia State
Alabama
State Nicknames:
Cave State
Missouri
State Nicknames:
Centennial State
Colorado
State Nicknames:
Charter Oak State
Connecticut
State Nicknames:
Cheese State
Wisconsin
State Nicknames:
Chemical Capital
Delaware
State Nicknames:
Chesapeake State
Maryland
State Nicknames:
Child of the Mississippi
Louisiana
State Nicknames:
Chili State
Texas
State Nicknames:
Citrus State
Florida
State Nicknames:
Cockade State
Maryland
State Nicknames:
Codfish State (formerly represented on license plates by a codfish)
Massachusetts
State Nicknames:
Colorful Colorado
Colorado
State Nicknames:
Columbine State
Colorado
State Nicknames:
Constitution State
Connecticut
State Nicknames:
Copper State
Arizona
State Nicknames:
Corn State
Illinois
State Nicknames:
Corn-cracker State (reported in 1881)
Kentucky
State Nicknames:
Cornhusker State (previously used on license plates)
Nebraska
State Nicknames:
Corporate Capital (due to the state’s business-friendly laws)
Delaware
State Nicknames:
Cotton Plantation State
Alabama
State Nicknames:
Cotton State
Alabama
State Nicknames:
Cowboy State
Wyoming
State Nicknames:
Coyote State
South Dakota
State Nicknames:
Crab State
Maryland
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
State Nicknames:
Creole State
Louisiana
State Nicknames:
Crossroads of America (previously used on license plates)
Indiana
State Nicknames:
Diamond State
Arkansas
State Nicknames:
Diamond State (allusion to the state flag)
Delaware
State Nicknames:
El Dorado State
California
State Nicknames:
Empire State of the South ? Refers to economic leadership
Georgia
State Nicknames:
Equality State
Wyoming
State Nicknames:
Everglade State
Florida
State Nicknames:
Evergreen State
Washington
State Nicknames:
First in Flight State (currently used on license plates)
North Carolina
State Nicknames:
Fisherman’s Paradise
Louisiana
State Nicknames:
Flickertail State
North Dakota
State Nicknames:
Flower State
Florida
State Nicknames:
Forever West (On highway welcome signs)
Wyoming
State Nicknames:
Free State
Maryland
State Nicknames:
Friendly State (in disuse) (formerly used on license plates)
Utah
