Map Quiz: A Fact about Every US State

Annapolis in this state experienced the most destructive tornado on record in 1925.

Cities in this state hosted the Lincoln-Douglas debates that brought attention to the issue of slavery.

Cleveland in this state had the country’s first traffic light in 1914.

Coca-Cola was first bottled in this state in 1894.

Completion of the world’s first transcontinental railroad happened here in 1869.

Eagle Mountain is the highest point in this state.

Founded in 1565, Saint Augustine is the oldest European settlement in the United States.

Graceland, the estate and gravesite of Elvis Presley, can be found in this state.

Has the longest coastline in the U.S., 6,640 miles, greater than that of all other states combined

Home of General Motors, Ford, Dow and Kellogg's.

Home of the Charleston.

In 1935, the first parking meter was installed in this state's capital city.

In 1945, the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated on the White Sands Testing Range in this state.

In this state, he entire town of American Falls was moved in the 1920 when the American Falls Dam was built.

Inventors in this state created the dial telephone in 1889, the helicopter in 1909, and the frozen carbonated drink machine in 1961. Its university also discovered helium in 1905.

It is also home to the first official National Park – Yellowstone.

Its derby is the oldest continuously held horse race in the United States.

Its largest city was long inhabited and known as 'Manahatta' by the Lenape people.

Known as 'Big Sky Country.'

Known as 'The Badger State.'

Known as 'The Hawkeye State'

Known for its dark skies, this state has the largest collection of optical telescopes on Earth.

Mentioned in a popular John Denver song.

President Calvin Coolidge was born here, and he was the only US president born on the fourth of July.

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) began his writing career as a reporter in the area.

Setting of Willa Cather's My Antonia (1918).

Someone who lives in this state is known as a Hoosier.

The country’s first steam railroad began in New Castle in this state in 1831.

The final of the original thirteen colonies to become a state.

The first baseball stadium was built in Pittsburgh in 1909.

The first Electric Trolley System in the world was brought to life in this state in 1886, in the city of Montgomery.

The first of the original colonies to declare its independence from England.

The first rodeo in the world was held here, in 1869, in Deer Trail.

The first steamship to cross the Atlantic started its journey in this state.

The last state admitted to the union. It occurred in 1959.

The New Haven District Telephone Company published the first telephone book in this state in 1878.

The only active diamond mine in the United States is in this state.

The only state that shares its borders with only one other US state

The United States Naval Academy was founded in Annapolis here in 1845.

The Wright Brothers made the first successful powered flight here in 1903.

This is only state to be named after a president.

This state has tried to remove the word North from its name several times, but it never passes the legislative assembly.

This state is home to Mount Rushmore, the world’s largest mountain carving.

This state was named in honor of King Louis XIV.

This state's largest city was nearly named Boston, but was named Portland after three tosses of a penny.

Thomas Edison created the light bulb and more in his Menlo Park laboratory in this state..

United States presidents John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George H.W. Bush were all born in Norfolk County in this state.

Was an independent nation between 1836 to 1845.

Was named for England’s “Virgin Queen,” Elizabeth I.

“General Sherman” is a 3,500-year-old tree in this state. It is one of the oldest living things on the planet.