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Spot the Imposter - U.S. State Geography #1

Each question lists multiple US states - all but one of which are a correct answer to the question. See if you can identify the imposter for each question.
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1. These states were once independent countries.
California
Florida
Texas
Alaska
Vermont
2. These states have barrier islands on the Atlantic coast.
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Maryland
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
New York
3. These states have one (or two) panhandles?
Texas
Arkansas
Nebraska
Florida
Oklahoma
Idaho
Maryland
West Virginia
4. These states have land included in Yellowstone National Park.
Montana
Washington
Wyoming
Idaho
5. These Midwest states share their names with a major US river.
Ohio
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
6. These states seceded from the Union and were part of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Alabama
Maryland
Arkansas
Tennessee
Georgia
Virginia
Texas
North Carolina
7. These states border one or more of the Great Lakes
Indiana
Wisconsin
New York
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Michigan
8. Traveling Interstate 90 from Chicago to Seattle, you would travel through these states (in addition to Illinois and Washington).
North Dakota
Minnesota
Montana
South Dakota
Idaho
Wisconsin
Wyoming
9. These states meet at a spot known as "Four Corners."
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Nevada
Colorado
10. These states share a border with Tennessee.
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
Virginia
South Carolina
Mississippi
North Carolina
Missouri
11. Portions of these states lie in the Colorado River watershed.
Idaho
New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
California
12. These are current recognized territories of the United States.
Puerto Rico
Northern Mariana Islands
Guam
Panama Canal Zone
US Virgin Islands
American Samoa
13. These states include the birthplace of a US President.
Nebraska
Connecticut
Vermont
Delaware
Arkansas
Iowa
Hawaii
New Hampshire
14. These states share a land border with Canada.
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Montana
Massachusetts
North Dakota
Idaho
Maine
Alaska
15. These states comprise the region of "New England."
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Vermont
2 Comments
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Level 74
Sep 23, 2021
Misspelling of New Mexico on 11.
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Level 91
Sep 23, 2021
Thank you! I've made the correction.