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- ALABAMA
- -Civil Rights Movement MONTGOMERY - capital - Rosa Parks arrested here HUNTSVILLE - Space technology -US space and Racket Centre -largest museum to show space hardware
- ALASKA
- INSIDE PASSAGE - longest, deepest fjord -Skita- russian history and first russian church outside of russia -Alaska raptor centre Juneau - capital + place of Mendenhall glacier -Glacier Bay - 16 Glaciers and NP -Skagway - Klondike goldrush NHP -Ketchikan ANCHORAGE - largest city in alaska 42% pop -hub for air and rail -Denali NP - Mount Mckinley FAIRBANKS - gold rush -university of alaska -Alutian Island - volcanic
- ARKANSAS
- -Land of mountains and valleys -6 NP's -Hot springs NP LITTLE ROCK - capital - Bill Clinton used to be govenor - Ozark mountains (Hillbillies)
- CALIFORNIA
- - North - The bay Area - Sierra Navada - Central Valley - Los Angeles Area - The Desert - Central Coast - Southern CA SFO - Cable cars, Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Pier 39 and fisherman's wharf, Lombard street. Street performers festival, Gay pride parade, Cherry blossum festival, SFO international film festival LA - Beverly Hills, Disneyland, Hollywood, Knotts berry farm, Queen mary. Tournament of roses parade, venice beach boardwalk, los angeles marathon, americafest.
- CONNECTICUT
- HARTFORD - capital BERKSHIRE MOUNTAINS - vacation getaway for new yorkers NEW HAVEN - Yale University MYSTIC HARBOUR - seaport, america and the sea
- DELAWARE
- - rural state WILMINGTON - states largest city, deep water port and marine terminal DOVER- capital LEWES - seaside historic town REHOBOTH BEACH - "Nations summer capital", boardwalk + amusement park
- FLORIDA
- - THE PANHANDLE - deep south - THE PENINSULA - St.Augustine Cocoa Beach - "Space Coast" Palm Beach - gulf stream Fort Lauderdale -"venice of America" Miami - largest shipport Tampa - retirement area
- GEORGIA
- ATLANTA - Capital, busiest airport terminal in world SAVANNAH - Georgia's oldest city OKEFENOKEE - largest blackwater swamp JECKYLL ISLAND SEA ISLANDS - 100+ tidal barrier islands
- ILLINOIS
- SPRINGFIELD - capital + Abraham Lincln lived here CHICAGO - The loop, Sears tower, Waterfront, Alder Planetarium, Museum of science and Industry. Venetian night, chicago country music festival, taste of chicago, second city, sporting events
- INDIANA
- - Flat farmland and forested areas -Indiana dunes state park -Mounds state park INDIANAPOLIS - capital, motor speedway (largest stadium in world)
- IOWA
- -rolling plains -German, swiss, ditch, french AMANA COLONIES - 7 villages german heritage, production of household appliances
- KANSAS
- - geographic centre of contigious states -"The wild west" - cowboys - santa fe trail, missousi to new mexico
- KENTUCKY
- - "TheBluegrass state" MAMMOTH CAVE NP - most extensive cave system in the world, UNESCO KNOWN FOR - "horse capital of the world, kentucky derby, bourdon wiskey, bluegrass music, kentucky fried chicken, belle of louisville
- LOUISIANA
- NEW ORLEANS - "the big easy" CREOLE - creole cuisine, french louisiana CAJUN - descendents of Acadian exiles from NS MARDI GRAS - "fat tuesday". carnival season starts jan 6th until ash wed. FRENCH QUARTER - most famous neighbourhood in state + preservation hall (jazz)
- MAINE
- - Largest new england state - "The pine tree state" - Cadillac mountain - higest point on eastern seaboard - Sugarloaf USA BAR HARBOUR - (New port) KENNEBUNKPORT - summer home of bush OLD ORCHARD BEACH - amusement park
- MARYLAND
- OCEAN CITY - only coast community in MD, white sandy beaches BALTIMORE - chesapeake bay WASHINGTON - white house, the national mall, arlington national cemetery, smithsonian, vietnam memorial. white house easter egg roll, capital pride, st patricks day parade, national cherry blossom festival, black family reunion celebration
- MASSACHUSETTS
- - first state to abolish slavery BOSTON - "cradle of liberty", american revolution, independence from GB CAPE COD - memorial day and labour day MARTHAS VINYARD NANTUCKET Pilgrams, mayflower, plimoth plantation. Salem which trials Hancock Shaker Village
- MICHIGAN
- - longest freshwater shoreline - birthplace of automobile industry DETROIT - high crime, Henry Ford museum, Jazz + motown
- MINNESOTA
- - "Land of 10,000 lakes" MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL - "Twin cities", arts capital, mall of america (largest mall in us) -Mayoclinic - non profit medical centre
- MISSISSIPPI
- - "Deep south" - Rosevelt - teddy bear - Vicksburg - battle of civil war. union beat confederacy Natchez - used to be richest city
- MISSOURI
- - Ozark Mountains ST LOUIS - "gateway to the west", Gateway arch. BRANSON - "Family friendly Las Vegas" HANNBAL - mark twain, the adventures of Tom Sawyer.
- NEBRASKA
- -land of ranches and farms OMAHA - Henry Doorly Zoo - largest indoor rainforest and desert BOYSTOWN - orphanage, now call girls and boys town for troubled youth. Scotts bluff National monument and chimney rock - horse statue
- NEW HAMPSHIRE
- - "The granite state" - white mountains - mount washington - first mountain climbing cog railway - the flume gorge
- NEW JERSEY
- -4th smallest state -6 flags great adventure (one of largest theme parks with largest wild safari. most rides, and tallest/fastest rollercoaster) - Jershey Shore - Atlantic city - "always turned on", 11 casinos, atlantic city boardwalk (monopoly)
- NEW YORK
- FINGER LAKES - 11 lakes, wine, cornell university ADIRONDACKS - smiliar to laurentians, whiteface mountain, lake placid. - NIAGARA FALLS - THOUSAND ISLANDS NYC - broadway, central park, empire state building, un headquarters, rockefeller centre, wall street, time square, ellis island, 5th ave, statue of liberty. macy's thanksgiving day parade, new years, tribeca film festival, yankees game, ground zero.
- NORTH CAROLINA
- - Outer banks - "graveyard of the atlantic" - Kitty Hawk DURHAM- Research Triangle park, Duke Uni
- NORTH DAKOTA
- - least visited state -badlands and most rural state - Theodore Rosevelt NP -Geographic centre of NA
- OHIO
- CINCINATTI - baseball, football, stadiums, chili CELELAND - rock and roll hall of fame and museum COLUMBUS - capital, in honor of christopher columbus. santa maria ship
- OKLAHOMA
- - destination for freed slaves - heart of oil boom 20th century - largest american indian pop -"Trail of tears" 5 native tribes relocated
- PENNSYLVANIA
- - PHILADELPHIA - WILLIAM PENN - INDEPENDENCE HALL - LIBERTY HALL - LANCASTER COUNTY - GETTYSBURG - HERSHEY
- RHODE ISLAND
- - smallest US state - "ocean state" NEWPORT - navy training, tennis hall of fame, jazz festival, mansions
- SOUTH CAROLINA
- GRAND STRAND - largest cluster of golf corses in the world MYRTLE BEACH - 10 million visitors/year, home to many jr tennis players
- SOUTH DAKOTA
- - tourism is second largest industry -Dances with Wolves filmed here BLACK HILLS - mount rushmore national memorial, crazy horse memorial, jewel cave national monument (2nd longest cave in the world)
- TENNESSEE
- - 23 state parks GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NP - the smokies NASHVILLE - capital, "home to country music", grand ole opry MEMPHIS - largest city, named after city in egypt, beale street blues club, graceland, river cruises
- TEXAS
- - "The lonestar state" -2nd largest in area - DALLAS - FORTWORTH - GALVESTON - HOUSTON - SAN ANTONIO - PADRE ISLAND - BIG BEND
- VERMONT
- - "Green mountain state" - Lake Champlain - Jay Peak - Killington - 17000 skiers a day - Maple Syrup - Ben & Jerry's STOWE - mount mansfield, 4 most challenging ski trails
- VIRGINIA
- - WILLIAMSBURG - colonial houses, costumed intrepreters - JAMESTOWN - first permanent settlement in NA, John Smith and Pochantus - CHARLOTTESVILLE - Monticelle - Thomas Jefferson, world heritage site
- WASHINGTON
- - Olympic Peninsula, only rainforest in continental US - Mount Ranier NP - Mount St HElens - active volcano - SEATTLE - grunge music, starbucks, SPACE NEEDLE, puget sound
- WEST VIRGINIA
- - natural beauty - entirely in appalacian mountain - "The mountain state"
- WISCONSIN
- - Door Peninsula - Wisconsin Dells - Americas Dairyland - "Cheeseheads" - Beer, Millercoors brewing company
- ARIZONA
- - cacti - Meteorite strike - Monument valley Navajo Tribal park - Montezuma Castle National Monument (cliff dwellings) - Grand Canyon + phantom ranch - Painted Desert - Petrified forest - Organ pipe Cactus national monument - Pheonix - Scottsdale - Tucson
- COLORADO
- - Rocky mountain national park - 150 lakes - Mesa Verde national park - ruins of native 13th century homes - Denver "Mile high city" - Ski: Vail, Aspen, Colorado springs, Pikes Peak - Four corners monument
- IDAHO
- - Hell's canyon - deepest river gorge - Sun Valley - skiing and first chair lift
- MONTANA
- - "Big sky country" - Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument - Lt. Col George Custer
- NEVADA
- - spanish meaning Snowy - Reno - Lake Tahoe - Las Vegas - "the strip" Resorts: MGM Grand, The Luxor Hotel, Caesars Palace, Bellagio Hotel, Circus Circus, New York New York - Hoover Dam - Lake Mead (behind hoover dam)
- NEW MEXICO
- - Los Alamos - atomic bomb developed - Trinity site - 1st nuclear bomb exploded - Chaco Cultural National Historic Park- los pueblos - Zuni Pueblo - White sands national monument - Carlsbad caverns national park - Taos - Albuquerque - rio grande river - Santa Fe - Gallup - "Indian capital of the world"