Oh My Gosh...I don't feel so good. I haven't been feeling well at all today. I just wanna go to sleep, but I have work to do...fun fun. Anyway, I'm leaving tomorrow for a big tournament...yay! I'm excited about that, but I wish I felt better...lol. OK...gotta get back to work. CYA
You've clearly been studying all about the United States. You got 11/11 correct.
1
Correct!
The correct answer:
B
Bismarck
Your answer:
B
Bismarck
In 1873 a small railroad camp in present-day North Dakota was named Bismarck in honor of the German chancellor; by 1889 it had become the capital of North Dakota. The Northern Pacific Railway established the camp in 1872 to protect its crews as they laid track through the area. The following year the Northern Pacific named the camp after the then-ruling German chancellor, Prince Otto von Bismarck, in hopes of attracting German investment in the railroad.
2
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The correct answer:
A
Sacramento
Your answer:
A
Sacramento
Sacramento was declared the capital of California in 1854. Only a few years earlier, California pioneer John Sutter had seen his relatively small settlement in the Sacramento valley become a boom town when his partner, James Wilson Marshall, discovered gold there in 1848. During the ensuing gold rush, Sacramento became a commercial and transportation center.
3
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The correct answer:
C
Salem
Your answer:
C
Salem
The name of the Oregon capital city, Salem, is the anglicized form of shalom, a Hebrew word for peace. It’s thought that the town’s settlers chose this word because the local Calapooya people had called the site Chemeketa, which means “place of rest.” Salem was made the capital of the Oregon Territory in 1851 and remained the capital when Oregon became a state in 1859.
4
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The correct answer:
B
Jackson
Your answer:
B
Jackson
The small community known since the 1790s as Le Fleur’s Bluff became the capital of Mississippi in 1821. That same year it was renamed Jackson in honor of Andrew Jackson, a military hero among white southerners for his campaigns against the British and Native Americans. He would later become the seventh president of the United States.
5
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The correct answer:
C
Nashville
Your answer:
C
Nashville
Located on the banks of the Cumberland River, Nashville is home to the Grand Ole Opry and several recording studios specializing in country-and-western music. Nashville became the capital of Tennessee in 1843.
6
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The correct answer:
B
Cheyenne
Your answer:
B
Cheyenne
The present-day city of Cheyenne is situated in a region once inhabited by members of the Cheyenne people. Whites first settled in the area in the late 1860s, and named the community after their Native American predecessors. Cheyenne became the capital of Wyoming Territory in 1869 and remained the capital after Wyoming entered the Union in 1890.
7
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The correct answer:
A
Montgomery
Your answer:
A
Montgomery
On January 11, 1861, Alabama became the fourth state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War. A month later Montgomery, which had been the state capital since 1846, was made the provisional capital of the Confederate States of America. Because of its importance to the rebels in the early stages of the war, Montgomery became known as the Cradle of the Confederacy.
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The correct answer:
A
Trenton
Your answer:
A
Trenton
After landing near Trenton on December 25, 1776, General George Washington led a surprise attack on German mercenaries allied with the British. The Battle of Trenton was Washington’s first significant victory and a major turning point in the American Revolution. Trenton became the capital of New Jersey in 1790.
9
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The correct answer:
C
Austin
Your answer:
C
Austin
In 1839, only one year after its founding, the settlement of Waterloo was made the permanent capital of the Republic of Texas. Its name was changed in December of that year to Austin, in honor of Stephen F. Austin, who is considered the father of Texas.
10
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The correct answer:
A
Albany
Your answer:
A
Albany
In 1664, after the British gained control of the area around the present-day state capital, the town’s name was changed from the Dutch name of Beverwyck to Albany in honor of the duke of York and Albany (later James II). It became the capital of New York in 1797.
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The correct answer:
A
Santa Fe
Your answer:
A
Santa Fe
The region of Santa Fe has been occupied for many centuries, and was home to the Tewa people when Spanish conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado arrived in the area in 1540. By 1610, the Spanish had made Santa Fe the capital of their colony of New Mexico. When New Mexico became a U.S. state in 1912, Santa Fe remained its capital.
