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Delaware
"Our Delaware" is the official state song. The words are by George Hynson, music by William Brown.
Delaware was the first state to ratify the United States constitution. It did so on December 7, 1787.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is the first state of the fifty United States to list their web site URL on a license plate.
The first daily newspaper was published in Philadelphia on Sept. 21, 1784.
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New Jersey
New Jersey has the highest population density in the U.S. An average 1,030 people per sq. mi., which is 13 times the national average.
New Jersey has the highest percent urban population in the U.S. with about 90% of the people living in an urban area.
New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as the diner capital of the world. -
Georgia
On January 19, 1861, Georgia joined the Confederacy. Georgia was named for King George II of England. The oldest portable steam engine in the United States is on display at Historic Railroad Shops in Savannah. Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River. -
Conneticut
The first telephone book ever issued contained only fifty names. The New Haven District Telephone Company published it in New Haven in February 1878. In 1728, the first steel mill operating in America was located in Simsbury. PEZ® Candy is made in the city of Orange. Some of the world's most famous cloth is woven in the Stafford textile mills. -
Maryland
King Williams School opened in 1696 it was the first school in the United States. The first dental school in the United States opened at the University of Maryland. Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat, was born in Baltimore and attended Saint Mary's Industrial School. -
South Carolina
The salamander was given the honor of official state amphibian. The first battle of the Civil War took place at Fort Sumter. South Carolina is the nation's leading peach producer and shipper east of the Mississippi River. Duncan Park Baseball Stadium in Spartanburg is the oldest minor league stadium in the nation. -
New Hampshire
Of the thirteen original colonies, New Hampshire was the first to declare its independence from Mother England -- a full six months before the Declaration of Independence was signed. The highest wind speed recorded at ground level is at Mt. Washington, on April 12, 1934. The winds were three times as fast as those in most hurricanes. In 1833 the first free public library in the United States was established in Peterborough. -
Virgina
Six Presidents' wives were born in Virginia: Martha Washington, Martha Jefferson, Rachel Jackson, Letitia Tyler, Ellen Arthur, Edith Wilson. Seven Presidents are buried in Virginia: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Tyler, Taft and Kennedy. The present state capital in Richmond was also the capital of the Confederacy. -
New York
New York City has 722 miles of subway track. The first railroad in America ran a distance of 11 miles between Albany and Schenectady. On July 28, 1945 an Army Air Corps B-25 crashed into the Empire State Building at the 79th floor level. -
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George Washington
Washington was elected Commander in Chief of the American forces by the Congress. George Washington was the start of the idea to have a constitutional convention in the making of the constitution. In conclusion of his second term, George Washington helped the US grow from 13 separate colonies into one free nation -
North Carolina
The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is the oldest State University in the United States. Krispy Kreme Doughnut was founded in Winston-Salem. North Carolina leads the nation in furniture, tobacco, brick, and textile production. -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island is the smallest state in size in the United States. It covers an area of 1,214 square miles. Its distances North to South are 48 miles and East to West 37 miles. Rhode Island was the last of the original thirteen colonies to become a state. The state was home to the first open golf tournament. The event occurred in 1895. -
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Whiskey Rebellion
people started gathering in large rebellious groups, threatening to destroy colonies, and invalid states, for the unfair taxations on the whiskey. -
Vermont
Vermont was, at various times, claimed by both New Hampshire and New York. Until 1996, Vermont was the only state without a Wal-Mart. -
Kentucky
The Kentucky Derby is the oldest continuously held horse race in the country. It is held at Churchill Downs in Louisville on the first Saturday in May. Kentucky is the state where both Abraham Lincoln, President of the Union, and Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, were born. They were born less than one hundred miles and one year apart. -
Tennessee
There were more National Guard soldiers deployed from the state for the Gulf War effort than any other state. Tennessee has more than 3,800 documented caves. -
Washington's Farewell Address
It was a message to the American People about their long term safety and happiness. In order to keep that happiness, he said to stay away from danger of young republic and foreign dangers. Overall he wanted them to watch out for Political Parties. -
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John Adams
John Adams had many accomplishments, but one of his greatest accomplishments was as President, he avoid a war with France, while maintaining American honor. A believer in centralize government, he helped strengthen the Federal government. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
These are laws that were passed. The alien act was an act the gave the government power to arrest and deport foreigners(British). This law was passed so those foreigners couldn't vote for their own rights. Sedition gave power to the government so no one could talk bad about the government. A series of laws known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed by the Federalist Congress in 1798 and signed into law by President Adams. -
Sojouner Truth
She became an evangelist and a moving public speaker, despite the fact that she remained illiterate throughout her life. Truth was introduced to the abolitionist movement upon joining a utopian community in Massachusetts, and spoke at antislavery rallies and conventions throughout the Midwest in the 1850s. -
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Chief Justice John Marshall
He wrote many of the Supreme Court's first famous opinions, including Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Ogden, and Gibbons v. Ogden. -
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was appointed by Congress to a five-person committee in charge of writing The Declaration of Independence. -
Ohio
Cleveland is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically in 1879. Jesse Owens grew up in Cleveland. He won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. -
Marbury V. Madison
Marbury v. Madison, is important because it was the first time a law of Congress was ever declared unconstitutional, or in conflict with the Constitution. If the Constitution is the law of the land and something is conflict with that law of the land, then that something is illegal -
Manifest Destiny
It is a term used in the 19th century about America stretching from coast to coast.
It helped fuel western settlement. It would also help the progress of liberty and personal economic opportunity as well. -
Louisana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase demonstrates Jefferson's ability to make pragmatic political decisions. The gains were dramatic, as the territory acquired would in time add 13 new states to the union. In 1812, Louisiana became the first state to join the union from land bought in the purchase. -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
They were hired by Jefferson to find a linking water route that connected the Columbia and Missouri Rivers. Along the way they shared goods with the Indians to find more information about the land they had just bought. -
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James Madison
Co-author of the Federalist Papers, Madison was Jefferson's Secretary of State.
The event that dominated his presidency was the War of 1812, which Congress declared at his request. -
Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad. It got its name because its activities had to be carried out in secret, using darkness or disguise, and because railway terms were used by those involved with system to describe how it worked. -
Louisiana
On April 30, 1803, representatives of the United States and Napoleonic France conclude negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, a massive land sale that doubles the size of the young American republic. What was known as Louisiana Territory comprised most of modern-day United States between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains, with the exceptions of Texas, parts of New Mexico, and other pockets of land already controlled by the United -
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War of 1812
The war of 1812 had a tremendous impact on the political development of America, territorial exspantion and the national identity of America. -
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The women's rights were formed by her and Susan B. Anthony to form the National Women's sufferage -
Indiana
During WWII the P-47 fighter-plane was manufactured in Evansville at Republic Aviation.
Abraham Lincoln moved to Indiana when he was 7 years old. He lived most of his boyhood life in Spencer County with his parents Thomas and Nancy.
The first professional baseball game was played in Fort Wayne on May 4, 1871. -
Missouri Compromise
First, Missouri would be admitted to the union as a slave state, but would be balanced by the admission of Maine, a free state, that had long wanted to be separated from Massachusetts. Second, slavery was to be excluded from all new states in the Louisiana Purchase north of the southern boundary of Missouri. -
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James Monroe
Monroe is best known for the "Monroe Doctrine." which stated that the United States would not allow European interference in the Western Hemisphere. He was the last Revolutionary War general to serve as President. -
Mississippi
The first nuclear submarine built in the south was produced in Mississippi.
The Mississippi River is the largest in the United States and is the nation's chief waterway. Its nickname is Old Man River.
Historic Jefferson College, circa 1802, was the first preparatory school established in the Mississippi Territory. Located in Washington the educational institution is also the site where tradition holds Aaron Burr was arraigned for treason in 1807 -
Fredrick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing. -
Illinois
The first Aquarium opened in Chicago, 1893.
Peoria is the oldest community in Illinois.
The worst prison camp during the Civil War in terms of percentages of death was at Rock Island. -
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
In 1769 the King of England granted a charter to Dartmouth College. This document spelled out the purpose of the school, set up the structure to govern it, and gave land to the college. In 1816, the state legislature of New Hampshire passed laws that revised the charter. These laws changed the school from private to public. They changed the duties of the trustees. They changed how the trustees were selected. -
McCulluoch v. Maryland
The State of Maryland voted to tax all bank business not done with state banks. This was meant to be a tax on people who lived in Maryland but who did business with banks in other states. However, the State of Maryland also sought to tax the federal bank. Andrew McCulloch, who worked in the Baltimore branch of the Bank of the United States, refused to pay the tax. The State of Maryland sued, and the Supreme Court accepted the case. -
Alabama
Alabama workers built the first to put humans on the moon.
The Alabama state flag was authorized by the Alabama legislature on February, 16, 1895. -
Susan B Anthony
Attended first women's rights convection.
1854, wrote petition for married women's property rights and sufferage
1863, wrote "Appeal to women of the republic"
1861, Antislavery companion
1906, 86th birthday gives speech "Failure is impossible"
1920, after the 19th ammement the us constitution names a right after Susan B Anthony for women's rights to vote -
Maine
Maine is the only state in the United States whose name has one syllable.Maine is the only state that shares its border with only one other state. -
Missouri
Missouri is known as the "Show Me State". On June 20, 1955, the flowering dogwood (Cornus Florida L.) became Missouri's official tree. During Abraham Lincoln's campaign for the presidency, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat named Valentine Tapley from Pike County, Missouri, swore that he would never shave again if Abe were elected. Tapley kept his word and his chin whiskers went unshorn from November 1860 until he died in 1910 -
Monroe Doctrine
The United States would remain neutral in European affairs and not get involved in European conflicts.
The United States would not interfere with current European colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
No European nation would be allowed to establish a new colony in the Western Hemisphere.
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Gibbons v. Ogden
New York state law gave to individuals the exclusive right to operate steamboats on waters within state jurisdiction. Laws like this one were duplicated elsewhere which led to friction as some states would require foreign (out-of-state) boats to pay substantial fees for navigation privileges. -
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John Quincy Adams
He served as a senate, diplomat, and was part of the House of Representatives. He was also known as one of America's great Secretary of State. -
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Andrew Jackson
From Wahington to John Quincy Adams, the presidents had been gentlemen of money and privalge. Jackson changed that. In the War of 1812, Jackson became a national hero, first as a Indian fighter, and then in the Battle of New Orleans. -
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner’s Rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia. It was led by a slave named Nat Turner. -
Arkansas
Arkansas contains over 600,000 acres of lakes and 9,700 miles of streams and rivers.
The state contains six national park sites, two-and-a half million acres of national forests, seven national scenic byways, three state scenic byways, and 50 state parks.
The apple blossom is the official state flower. It was designated in 1901. -
Michigan
Detroit is known as the car capital of the world.
Michigan ranks first in state boat registrations.
Although Michigan is often called the "Wolverine State" there are no longer any wolverines in Michigan. -
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Martin Van Buren
He became the first U.S. President, who was born as an American citizen. He grew up in a Dutch community of Kinderhook and growing up spoke Dutch as his first language rather than English. -
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Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson had an Indian removal policy. He demanded the Cherokee tribe to give up their land and move to an area in Oklahoma. The Cherokee called it the Trail Of Tears. The tribe faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 died. -
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William Henry Harrison
he only served as a president for a month until he sadly died of pneumonia, he was called "Old Tippecanoe", his father was a patriot, William always wanted to be a doctor but when he couldn't buy the tuition he dropped out and joined the military. -
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John Tyler
The issue for which Tyler will no doubt be best remembered was his support for the annexation of Texas. While Congress at first opposed the annexation, Tyler's successor, Polk, was elected on a platform supporting annexation, and Congress passed a joint resolution supporting annexation signed into law by Tyler three days before his term expired. -
Florida
Orlando attracts more visitors than any other amusement park destination in the United States.
Florida is not the southernmost state in the United States. Hawaii is farther south.
Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where the drink was first developed. -
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James K Polk
In the House of Representatives, Polk was a chief lieutenant of Jackson in his Bank war. He served as Speaker between 1835 and 1839, leaving to become Governor of Tennessee. Until circumstances raised Polk's ambitions, he was a leading contender for the Democratic nomination for Vice President in 1844. -
Texas
Texas is popularly known as The Lone Star State.Texas is the only state to have the flags of 6 different nations fly over it. They are: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. The Dublin Dr Pepper, 85 miles west of Waco, still uses pure imperial cane sugar in its product. There is no period after the Dr in Dr Pepper. -
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Mexican-Amercan War
We wanted the Mexican's land. We won and gained land in the West. We gained present day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. -
Iowa
Ripley's Believe It or Not has dubbed Burlington's Snake Alley the most crooked street in the world.Strawberry Point is the home of the world's largest strawberry.Iowa is the only state whose east and west borders are 100% formed by water. -
Aboliionist Movement
It was try to achieve immediate emancipation of all slaves.
The ending of all racial segregation.Dates Lyman Beecher, Nathaniel Taylor, and Charles G. were all preachers that supported the movement.They wanted our country to become more free. -
Minnesota
The world's largest pelican stands at the base of the Mill Pond dam on the Pelican River, right in downtown Pelican Rapids. The 15 1/2 feet tall concrete statue was built in 1957. Minneapolis has more golfers per capita than any other city in the country. -
Wisconsin
Wisconsin's oldest and most famous state parks. It leads the state parks in attendance.The House on the Rock was designed and built in the early 1940s. It is considered an architectural marvel and is perched on a 60-foot chimney of rock. -
Seneca Falls Convention
Elizabeth C. Stanton and Lucretia Mott spearheaded the first women's rights convention in American history. Although the convention was hastily organized and hardly published, over 300 women and men came to Seneca Falls, New York to protest the mistreatment of women in social, economic, political, and religious life -
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Zachary Taylor
The 12th president of the US, Zachary Taylor was a military man with little political experience. Tried to get California and New Mexico admitted to the Union without resolving their slave status. He died only 16 months after taking office. Due to the fact that he did the longest speech of a total of 2 hours. Also known as "Old Rough and Ready” -
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Millard Filmore
Millard Filmore replaced Zachary Taylor's place as president the day after his death due to the fact that he was his vice president. Filmore was the first president to realize the slavery issue was growing tremendously. -
California
The first motion picture theater opened in Los Angeles on April 2, 1902. One out of every eight United States residents lives in California.
California is the first state to ever reach a trillion dollar economy in gross state product. -
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Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was one of our youngest presidents being the age of 48. Pierce helped the Kansas-Nebraska Act to be passed. When up for election, he made no campain speeches, but he won the elecion easily. -
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James Buchanan
He was elected five times to the House of Representatives ; then, after an interlude as Minister to Russia, served for a decade in the Senate. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. The Court also ruled that Congress lacked power to ban slavery in the U.S. territories. -
Oregon
Oregon's state flag pictures a beaver on its reverse side. It is the only state flag to carry two separate designs. The Columbia River gorge is considered by many to be the best place in the world for windsurfing. Oregon and New Jersey are the only states without self-serve gas stations. -
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was an unfaltering commander in chief during the Civil War which preserved the United States as one nation. Abraham Lincoln made the decision to fight to prevent the nation from splitting apart. He also wrote the Emacipation Proclomation to abolish slavery in the United States.
