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History of Kentucky

Can you name these facts about the history of Kentucky?
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Last updated: July 25, 2022
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Historically, this was Kentucky's top cash crop
Tobacco
Birthname of Muhammad Ali
Cassius Clay
Restaurant chain founded by Harland Sanders in 1930
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Presidents who were born in Kentucky and then led their countries
into a Civil War against each other
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Pioneer who led settlers and the exploration into what is now Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Appalachian mountain pass the above widened to make settlement
of Kentucky and Tennessee easier
Cumberland Gap
Family that famously feuded with the Hatfields of West Virginia
McCoys
More than half of all Americans killed in action during this war were from Kentucky
War of 1812
Brand of sports car that has been produced in Bowling Green, Kentucky since 1981
Chevrolet Corvette
Kentuckian who was the Senate Majority Leader between 2015-2021
Mitch McConnell
Horse that became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years, since 1973
Secretariat
Horse that became the top money winning racehorse up to the 1940s and was the
subject of many movies
Seabiscuit
System of caves that were declared a national park in 1981
Mammoth Caves
Book that was published by J. D. Vance 2016, and was adopted
into a movie in 2020
Hillbilly Elegy
"Celebrating" song that was written by sisters Patty and Mildred J. Hill in 1893
Happy Birthday to You
President who was the first person outside the Treasury Department
to visit Fort Knox
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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