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  History of Iowa    
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Iowa History Trivia Questions
1. What city was the first capital of the territory of Iowa?

From Quiz History of Iowa

Answer: Burlington

It was Burlington from 1838 - 1841 when it moved to Iowa City. In stayed in Iowa City till 1857 when it was moved to Des Moines.

2. What year did Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette come to Iowa?

From Quiz History of Iowa

Answer: 1673

They were the first non-Native Americans to come to Iowa.

3. What year was the first official English settlement settled?

From Quiz History of Iowa

Answer: 1833

It was in 1833. It was known as the Black Hawk Purchase and it was an area of 50 miles in what is now known as Clayton and Fayette counties.

4. What number state was Iowa?

From Quiz History of Iowa

Answer: 29th

It was the 29th state when admitted to the union on December 28th, 1846.

5. How many men did Iowa send to the Civil War?

From Quiz History of Iowa

Answer: more than 75,000

They sent more than 75,000 men to fight for the union.

6. What country had the largest group of immigrants in Iowa?

From Quiz History of Iowa

Answer: Germany

Germans had the largest number immigrants.

7. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Iowa was the center of what industry?

From Quiz History of Iowa

Answer: Coal Mining

8. What city is Maytag Corportation located in?

From Quiz History of Iowa

Answer: Newton

Newton is still home to one of the biggest washing machine producers in the world.

9. How many states border Iowa?

From Quiz History of Iowa

Answer: 6 & six

10. What is the state bird?

From Quiz History of Iowa

Answer: Goldfinch

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