US States and Capitals

Northeast Region

• State: Maine (ME)

• Capital: Augusta• Fun Fact: Maine

is the only state whose name is one syllable

Northeast Region

• State: New Hampshire (NH)

• Capital: Concord• Fun Fact: The state’s motto is “live free or die”

Northeast Region

• State: Vermont (VT)

• Capital: Montpelier

• Fun Fact: VT is the home to Ben and Jerry’s ice cream

Northeast Region

• State: Massachusetts (MA)

• Capital: Boston• Fun Fact: Harvard,

the first college established in the United States (1636) is located in Cambridge, MA

Northeast Region

• State: Connecticut (CT)• Capital: Hartford• Fun Fact: UConn's

NCAAW basketball team has the longest winning streak out of both men and women's college basketball teams

Northeast Region

• State: Rhode Island (RI)

• Capital: Providence• Fun Fact: Providence

was founded by banished Puritan, Rodger Williams and was seen as a religious refuge for some in the1600s

Northeast Region

• State: New York (NY)

• Capital: Albany• Fun Fact: The

Major League Baseball Hall of Fame is located in Cooperstown, NY

Northeast Region

• State: Pennsylvania (PA)

• Capital: Harrisburg• Fun Fact: PA is

known as the Keystone State

Northeast Region

• State: New Jersey (NJ)

• Capital: Trenton• Fun Fact: NJ is

the most DENSELY populated state in the US

Northeast Region

• State: Maryland (MD)

• Capital: Annapolis

• Fun Fact: MD is home to the US Naval Academy

Northeast Region

• State: Delaware (DE)

• Capital: Dover• Fun Fact:

Nicknamed the “First State” (first state to ratify the Constitution)

Southeast Region

• State: West Virginia (WV)• Capital: Charleston• Fun Fact: John Brown’s

Raid at Harpers Ferry (for abolition) happened in WV.

Southeast

• State: Virginia (VA)• Capital: Richmond • Fun Fact: Home to Jamestown

Southeast Region

• State: North Carolina (NC)• Capital: Raleigh • Fun Fact: Home to the first flight

(Wright Brothers)

Southeast Region

• State: South Carolina (SC)

• Capital: Columbia• Fun Fact: First state

to secede from the Union to start the Civil War.

Southeast Region

• State: Georgia (GA)• Capital: Atlanta• Fun Fact: Home to Coca-Cola

headquarters

Southeast Region

• State: Florida (FL)• Capital: Tallahassee • Fun Fact: NASA Headquarters

located at Cape Canaveral

Southeast Region

• State: Alabama (AL)

• Capital: Montgomery

• Fun Fact: Hub of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s; Montgomery Bus Boycott occurred here (Rosa Parks)

Southeast Region

• State: Mississippi (MS)

• Capital: Jackson • Fun Fact: Named

after the largest river in the US

Southeast Region

• State: Louisiana (LA)

• Capital: Baton Rouge

• Fact: In 2005, New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrina

Southeast Region

• State: Arkansas (AR)

• Capital: Little Rock

• Fun Fact: Home to the “Little Rock Nine” Event

Southeast Region

• State: Tennessee (TN)• Capital: Nashville • Home state of Elvis

Southeast Region

• State: Kentucky (KY)

• Capital: Frankfort

• Fun Fact: Home to the longest continuously held horse race (the Kentucky Derby) at Churchill Downs

Southwest Region

• State: Oklahoma (OK)

• Capital: Oklahoma City

• Fun Fact: Settlers who tried to get land in Oklahoma, before the noon starting time, were called Sooners

Southwest Region

• State: Texas (TX)• Capital: Austin• Fun Fact: Texas

executes more prisoners than any other state

Southwest Region

• State: New Mexico(NM)

• Capital: Santa Fe• Fun Fact: Home

to Los Alamos where the US tested the atomic bomb

Southwest Region

• State: Arizona (AZ)

• Capital: Phoenix• Fun Fact: Home

to the Grand Canyon

Midwest Region

Midwest Region

• State: Ohio (OH)• Capital: Columbus• Fun Fact: Kent, Ohio

is home to the Kent State Massacre in 1970 when the government fired on students protesting the US involvement in the Vietnam War

Midwest Region

• State: Michigan (MI)

• Capital: Lansing• Fun Fact: Home

to Motown and the US car industry

Midwest Region

• State: Indiana (IN)• Capital: Indianapolis• Fun Fact: Residents

are called Hoosier's after the frontier greeting of "who's here?" whenever settlers approached someone's living quarters

Midwest Region

• State: Illinois (IL)• Capital:

Springfield• Fun Fact: Home

to Presidents Lincoln and Obama

Midwest Region

• State: Wisconsin (WI)

• Capital: Madison• Fun Fact: #1

producer of dairy products, hence the “cheese head” nickname

Midwest Region

• State: Minnesota (MN)

• Capital: St. Paul• Fun Fact: Home

to the “Twin Cities”

Midwest Region

• State: Iowa (IA)• Capital: Des

Moines• Fun Fact: Home

to the Iowa Caucus, the first presidential primary state

Midwest Region

• State: Missouri (MO)

• Capital: St. Louis• Fun Fact: Home to

the famous Gateway Arch and the 2011 World Series Champions (Cardinals)

Midwest Region• State: North Dakota

(ND)• Capital: Bismarck• Fun Fact: North Dakota

is nicknamed the "Roughrider State" in honor of the first volunteer cavalry in the US led by Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War

Midwest Region

• State: South Dakota (SD)

• Capital: Pierre• Fun Fact: Home to

Mt. Rushmore.

Midwest Region

• State: Nebraska (NE)

• Capital: Lincoln• Fun Fact: Kool

Aid was invented in this state.

Midwest Region

• State: Kansas (KS)

• Capital: Topeka• Fun Fact: Part of

Tornado alley

Western Region

Western Region

• State: Colorado• Capital: Denver• Fun Fact: Home

to the US Air Force Academy

Western Region

• State: Utah• Capital: Salt Lake

City• Fun Fact: TCR

completed here. Celebration occurred at Promontory Summit in 1869.

Western Region

• State: Wyoming• Capital:

Cheyenne• Fun Fact: Home

to Yellowstone National Park

Western Region

• State: Montana• Capital: Helena• Fun Fact: Battle

of Litter Big Horn (Custer’s Last Stand) happed in Montana

Western Region

• State: Idaho• Capital: Boise• Fun Fact: #1

producer of potatoes in the US

Western Region

• State: Nevada• Capital: Carson

City• Fun Fact: Home

to “Sin City”

Western Region

• State: California• Capital:

Sacramento• Fun Fact: Most

populous state in the US

Western Region

• State: Oregon• Capital: Salem• Fun Fact: Home

to the largest lake in the US (Crater Lake)

Western Region

• State: Washington

• Capital: Olympia• Fun Fact: Only

state to be named after a president.

Western Region

• State: Hawaii• Capital: Honolulu• Fun Fact: 50th

State, only state with an active volcano

Western Region

• State: Alaska• Capital: Juneau• Fun Fact: Only

state whose capital city can’t be accessed by car.