1. The industrial region of Calumet attracted thousands of immigrants in the early 1900s and is located in which state with the shortest coastline on Lake Michigan — Wisconsin or Indiana?
2. In 1917, Father Edward Flanagan founded “Boy’s Town,” a shelter for homeless young men that still operates outside of Omaha in which state — Oklahoma or Nebraska?
3. In 1818, an area on the Ohio River known as the Jackson Purchase was sold to the United States by the Chickasaw tribe and is now part of which state — Georgia or Kentucky?
4. Fort East Martello, built during the Civil War in the style of an Italian watchtower, is located on the westernmost inhabited key in which state — Louisiana or Florida?
5. One of the country’s oldest mercantile exchanges, founded in 1898, is located in a city nicknamed the Windy City in which state — Illinois or Iowa?
6. Attempts at establishing a permanent English colony on Roanoke Island failed in the 1580s. This “Lost Colony” was located in which present-day state — Tennessee or North Carolina?
7. The country’s first civilian flight school, founded in 1910 by the Wright brothers, is now the site of an Air Force base outside Montgomery in which state — Pennsylvania or Alabama?
8. The house that inspired the famous painting “American Gothic” is located in Eldon, a small community located on the Des Moines River in which state — Vermont or Iowa?
9. The New Carissa was a tanker that ran aground north of Coos Bay in 1999. Coos Bay is located west of Crater Lake in which state — New Jersey or Oregon?
10. About one-third of the population of a North American country is of either English or French ethnic descent. Name this country.
ANSWERS 1. Indiana 2. Nebraska 3. Kentucky 4. Florida 5. Illinois 6. North Carolina 7. Alabama 8. Iowa 9. Oregon 10. Canada
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