How Well Do You Know the United States? Test Yourself with This 10-Question States Quiz

• Question 1 out of 10

  This state is home to the site of the Battle of Little Big Horn, where Custer made his last stand in 1876.

  The Battle of the Little Bighorn took place in Montana, marking Custer’s final stand.

  Idaho

  Washington

  South Dakota

  Montana

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• Question 2 out of 10

  Which state is nicknamed “The Bay State?”

  Massachusetts earned the nickname due to its prominent coastal bays, including Massachusetts Bay.

  Massachusetts

  Rhode Island

  Maine

  New Hampshire

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• Question 3 out of 10

  Which state is home to three Presidents, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, and James K. Polk?

  Few states produced as many presidents—Tennessee was a frontier power center shaping early American politics.

  Tennessee

  North Carolina

  Georgia

  Kentucky

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• Question 4 out of 10

  Home to Herbert Hoover, this state is the only one bordered by two major, navigable, and parallel rivers.

  Iowa is essentially a fertile “island” between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers—key to its agricultural dominance.

  Kansas

  Iowa

  Indiana

  Arkansas

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• Question 5 out of 10

  The homes of Presidents James Monroe and James Madison were less than an hour from each other in this state.

  Central Virginia was once the epicenter of American leadership—four of the first five presidents came from this region.

  South Carolina

  Pennsylvania

  Virginia

  New Jersey

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• Question 6 out of 10

  Salem is the capital city of this state.

  Salem—not Portland—was chosen as a more centrally located and politically neutral capital in early statehood.

  Maine

  North Dakota

  Vermont

  Oregon

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• Question 7 out of 10

  Maine was once part of this U.S. state, until 1820.

  Maine’s split was part of the Missouri Compromise—balancing free and slave states to avoid national conflict.

  New Hampshire

  Connecticut

  Vermont

  Massachusetts

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• Question 8 out of 10

  What state is nicknamed “The Show Me State?”

  The phrase came from a congressman mocking skepticism—Missourians became known for demanding proof, not promises.

  Missouri

  Oklahoma

  Kansas

  Mississippi

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• Question 9 out of 10

  This second largest state by population and area was once an independent nation.

  Texas functioned as a sovereign republic for nearly a decade—with its own president, currency, and army.

  California

  Texas

  New York

  Florida

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• Question 10 out of 10

  This state was “born” during the Civil War and is the only one entirely within the Appalachian Range.

  West Virginia literally split from Virginia over loyalty to the Union—one of the only states created by internal division.

  Delaware

  Ohio

  Arizona

  West Virginia

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