Statistics for U.S. States by Clues Mentioning States

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Hint	State	% Correct
Kansas City is its largest city	Missouri	92%
the Colorado River flows through its largest tourist attraction	Arizona	78%
Washington, D.C., is located on land which formerly belonged to this state	Maryland	77%
in 1792, the Western part of Virginia seceded from Virginia to become this state	Kentucky	57%
contains what was once the westernmost part of Spanish Florida	Louisiana	53%
the "Toledo War" (1835-36) involved its claim to Toledo, Ohio	Michigan	49%
location of Mesilla, capital of "Arizona Territory" during the CSA's 1861-62 invasion	New Mexico	47%
the home state of President Washington	Virginia	46%
its name means "Cloudy Water" in the Dakota language	Minnesota	45%
briefly called itself the "Republic of New Connecticut"	Vermont	45%
location of Cairo, the city at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers	Illinois	42%
gained independence from Massachusetts as part of the "Missouri Compromise" in 1820	Maine	40%
formerly called the "Lower Counties" of the Province of Pennsylvania	Delaware	37%
contains the part of Mississippi Territory which did not become the State of Mississippi	Alabama	32%
contains the headwaters of the Missouri River	Montana	31%
contains what was once the northernmost part of the Republic of Texas	Wyoming	27%
called the "Territory South of the River Ohio" until receiving statehood	Tennessee	24%
contains the former Connecticut Western Reserve and the former Virginia Military District	Ohio	14%
location of the Wyoming Valley, namesake of the State of Wyoming	Pennsylvania	11%
the "Pennamite Wars" (1769-99) involved its claim to Wilkes-Barr, Pennsylvania	Connecticut	8%