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