United States OF America Crossword Puzzle

United States of America

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Though often referred to as the 'Wolverine State', wolverines no longer reside here

The official state neckwear is the bola tie

Location of the first successful parachute jump to be made from a moving airplane

One of only two states without self-serve gas stations

The first state to ratify the United States constitution

The widest US state when measured from east to west

The only state that shares its border with only one other state

The only state in history to turn down the Olympics

Home to the 'Shrine to Democracy' that took 14 years and cost about $1 million

Seventh largest state

Location of the first battle of the Civil War

First state to give women the right to vote

Contains the geographical center of North America

At one time it was against the law to serve ice cream on cherry pie in this state

Home to a bronze life-sized sculpture of a Norwegian immigrant family

The only state to enter the United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation

First state to declare its independence from England

The world's largest shrimp is displayed here

The first state to list their web site URL on a license plate

First ambulance service was established here in 1865

Home to the oldest State University in the US

The only state in the Union to have acquired its sovereignty by proclamation of the President of the United States

Has the largest migratory elk herd in the nation

Home to the only city in the continental US to be bombed during WWII

First state the Confederate flag was flown in

Law in this state forbids a citizen to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds

Contains 17 of the US's 20 highest peaks

Has more miles of Interstate Highway per square mile than any other state

Home to the only US state capital without a McDonald's

Named for England's Queen Elizabeth I

Home to one of the most deserted stretches of Interstate in the United States

Contains the highest peak in the lower 48 states

King Williams School, the first school in the United States, opened in here 1696

Location of the first American chess tournament

Last of the original 13 colonies to become a state

Birthplace of both the President of the Union and the President of the Confederacy

Often mislabeled as the southern-most state

Considered the home of the ice cream sundae

Home to the first subway system

One of two states to never ratify the 18th Amendment

Home to the highest capital city in the US

Has more miles of river than any other state

The only state in the union that does not have counties

Home to inventions of Masking and Scotch tape, Wheaties cereal, Bisquick, the bundt pan, and Green Giant vegetables

Contains more glaciers than the other 47 contiguous states combined

There were more National Guard soldiers deployed from the state for the Gulf War effort than any other state

Home to the first McDonald's

Annually serves as a host to the International Poultry Trade Show, the largest poultry convention in the world

Has the highest population density in the US

Contains over 600,000 acres of lakes and 9,700 miles of streams and rivers

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