Do You Really Know the States? Quiz

Answer: Here We Rest

The Alabama people were part of the Muskogean tribe that came up with the name. The other names (besides "Harmony in Equality") are other, less popular suggestions as to what the Native Americans named Alabama. For example, some think that the Choctaw influenced the name with their words "alba" meaning plants, and "amo" meaning to cut or to trim or to gather.

Answer: Montana

Even with the low population and population density, it was ranked fourth of the 50 states in median income (and 15th in average annual income) in 2010. The low population must not negatively affect the economy, which has strongly revolved around oil and gas, although it has also thrived on tourism and lodging.

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

The Grand Canyon National Park was one of the first national parks to ever be established in the United States (Yellowstone was the first). President Roosevelt surveyed the land, but he also enjoyed going there to hunt for mountain lions and take in the breathtaking scenery.

Answer: Little Rock Nine

The Little Rock Nine were a group of African-American students who were admitted into a predominantly white high school in Little Rock. Their acceptance into the school caused such a commotion that the National Guard was summoned to escort the students into the school.

A law passed a bit over three years earlier, Brown v. Education, prohibited segregated schools, but the commotion was so dramatic, that at first, the governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, wouldn't allow the students into the school.

Answer: James Marshall

I'm not even sure if those other men exist; I twisted the names of authors on my bookshelf. But on January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found gold at Sutter's Mill, and this slowly instigated the Gold Rush. The Californian population boomed from a couple thousand Native Americans to over 300,000 people digging for gold.

The Native Americans were negatively affected by the sudden rush of gold-seekers; they were either shot to death, or their territory was taken over by settlers, blocking off their food supply and causing death by starvation.

Answer: America the Beautiful

Pikes Peak, which is one of 54 mountains in Colorado that surpasses 14,000 feet in height, sports a plaque commemorating the poem. Katharine Lee Bates was the writer who climbed the peak and was so astounded by the beautiful scenery that she picked up her pen and paper and created a beautiful poem.

It stands today as competition with "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem because of its non-involvement with war and its melody.

Answer: False

The nickname is completely unrelated to the Constitution. The Constitution was actually signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On the other hand, the Fundamental Orders of 1638-39 shaped the early government of Connecticut.

Answer: New Castle County

Delaware has only three counties (Upland County doesn't exist), making it the state in the U.S. with the fewest counties. Even Rhode Island, which is smaller than Delaware, has more counties (five).

Answer: Atlantis

Due to loss in funds, the Space Shuttle Program at the Kennedy Space Center was forced to come to an unfortunate end, but they had one last launch on July 8, 2011. The program was able to sustain itself for 30 years. The last launch came with bittersweet emotions, however, according to ultimateclearlake.com; even though it feels like the end of an era, the president of the Bay Area Houston Economical Partnership, Bob Mitchell, was quoted as saying, "We're not a gloom and doom people.

It's all about leadership. Give us a vision, and we're going to move forward".

Answer: Milledgeville

Atlanta was chosen as the new capital because of its convenience; it had an efficient railway system that was crucial to the transportation of goods. As for the torching of the city, the troops responsible for the city's destruction made certain that during the Reconstruction Era, Atlanta would be rebuilt, and it successfully was, being rated as the 40th largest city in the United States.