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Northeast Region
• State: Maine (ME)
• Capital: Augusta• Fun Fact: Maine
is the only state whose name is one syllable
Northeast Region
• State: New Hampshire (NH)
• Capital: Concord• Fun Fact: The state’s motto is “live free or die”
Northeast Region
• State: Vermont (VT)
• Capital: Montpelier
• Fun Fact: VT is the home to Ben and Jerry’s ice cream
Northeast Region
• State: Massachusetts (MA)
• Capital: Boston• Fun Fact: Harvard,
the first college established in the United States (1636) is located in Cambridge, MA
Northeast Region
• State: Connecticut (CT)• Capital: Hartford• Fun Fact: UConn's
NCAAW basketball team has the longest winning streak out of both men and women's college basketball teams
Northeast Region
• State: Rhode Island (RI)
• Capital: Providence• Fun Fact: Providence
was founded by banished Puritan, Rodger Williams and was seen as a religious refuge for some in the1600s
Northeast Region
• State: New York (NY)
• Capital: Albany• Fun Fact: The
Major League Baseball Hall of Fame is located in Cooperstown, NY
Northeast Region
• State: Pennsylvania (PA)
• Capital: Harrisburg• Fun Fact: PA is
known as the Keystone State
Northeast Region
• State: New Jersey (NJ)
• Capital: Trenton• Fun Fact: NJ is
the most DENSELY populated state in the US
Northeast Region
• State: Maryland (MD)
• Capital: Annapolis
• Fun Fact: MD is home to the US Naval Academy
Northeast Region
• State: Delaware (DE)
• Capital: Dover• Fun Fact:
Nicknamed the “First State” (first state to ratify the Constitution)
Southeast Region
• State: West Virginia (WV)• Capital: Charleston• Fun Fact: John Brown’s
Raid at Harpers Ferry (for abolition) happened in WV.
Southeast Region
• State: North Carolina (NC)• Capital: Raleigh • Fun Fact: Home to the first flight
(Wright Brothers)
Southeast Region
• State: South Carolina (SC)
• Capital: Columbia• Fun Fact: First state
to secede from the Union to start the Civil War.
Southeast Region
• State: Florida (FL)• Capital: Tallahassee • Fun Fact: NASA Headquarters
located at Cape Canaveral
Southeast Region
• State: Alabama (AL)
• Capital: Montgomery
• Fun Fact: Hub of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s; Montgomery Bus Boycott occurred here (Rosa Parks)
Southeast Region
• State: Mississippi (MS)
• Capital: Jackson • Fun Fact: Named
after the largest river in the US
Southeast Region
• State: Louisiana (LA)
• Capital: Baton Rouge
• Fact: In 2005, New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrina
Southeast Region
• State: Arkansas (AR)
• Capital: Little Rock
• Fun Fact: Home to the “Little Rock Nine” Event
Southeast Region
• State: Kentucky (KY)
• Capital: Frankfort
• Fun Fact: Home to the longest continuously held horse race (the Kentucky Derby) at Churchill Downs
Southwest Region
• State: Oklahoma (OK)
• Capital: Oklahoma City
• Fun Fact: Settlers who tried to get land in Oklahoma, before the noon starting time, were called Sooners
Southwest Region
• State: Texas (TX)• Capital: Austin• Fun Fact: Texas
executes more prisoners than any other state
Southwest Region
• State: New Mexico(NM)
• Capital: Santa Fe• Fun Fact: Home
to Los Alamos where the US tested the atomic bomb
Midwest Region
• State: Ohio (OH)• Capital: Columbus• Fun Fact: Kent, Ohio
is home to the Kent State Massacre in 1970 when the government fired on students protesting the US involvement in the Vietnam War
Midwest Region
• State: Michigan (MI)
• Capital: Lansing• Fun Fact: Home
to Motown and the US car industry
Midwest Region
• State: Indiana (IN)• Capital: Indianapolis• Fun Fact: Residents
are called Hoosier's after the frontier greeting of "who's here?" whenever settlers approached someone's living quarters
Midwest Region
• State: Illinois (IL)• Capital:
Springfield• Fun Fact: Home
to Presidents Lincoln and Obama
Midwest Region
• State: Wisconsin (WI)
• Capital: Madison• Fun Fact: #1
producer of dairy products, hence the “cheese head” nickname
Midwest Region
• State: Iowa (IA)• Capital: Des
Moines• Fun Fact: Home
to the Iowa Caucus, the first presidential primary state
Midwest Region
• State: Missouri (MO)
• Capital: St. Louis• Fun Fact: Home to
the famous Gateway Arch and the 2011 World Series Champions (Cardinals)
Midwest Region• State: North Dakota
(ND)• Capital: Bismarck• Fun Fact: North Dakota
is nicknamed the "Roughrider State" in honor of the first volunteer cavalry in the US led by Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War
Midwest Region
• State: Nebraska (NE)
• Capital: Lincoln• Fun Fact: Kool
Aid was invented in this state.
Western Region
• State: Utah• Capital: Salt Lake
City• Fun Fact: TCR
completed here. Celebration occurred at Promontory Summit in 1869.
Western Region
• State: Montana• Capital: Helena• Fun Fact: Battle
of Litter Big Horn (Custer’s Last Stand) happed in Montana
Western Region
• State: Oregon• Capital: Salem• Fun Fact: Home
to the largest lake in the US (Crater Lake)
Western Region
• State: Washington
• Capital: Olympia• Fun Fact: Only
state to be named after a president.
Western Region
• State: Hawaii• Capital: Honolulu• Fun Fact: 50th
State, only state with an active volcano