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Pennsylvania got a Northwest corner "notch" for access to what?
Lake Erie.
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Why is Las Vegas where it is?
Provide access to the Colorado River
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Thomas Jefferson proposed a plan for the Midwest to be divided into what?
10 equal states.
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In Derby Lane, Vermont, what cuts the town in two?
The border with Canada
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Since 9/11, residents of this town on both sides of the border cannot do what anymore?
Walk across the border.
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In 1763, who "arbitrarily" drew Vermont's northern boundary?
King George III
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During the American Revolution, Vermont belonged to what state?
New York
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In the 1780s what "state" lasted only 4 years? And to what modern state did it belong?
Franklin, Tennesse
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The "Republic of Texas" originally "reached all the way up to" what modern state?
Wyoming
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How long was Texas an "independent Republic"
9 years.
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Congress wanted to break up Texas into how many states?
5.
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Texas, NOT congress had the power to create its own shape. What other state got to do likewise because of its control of gold?
California.
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The "State of Jefferson" was drawn around WHAT discovery in 1858? What state did it become?
Gold. Colorado.
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What transportation set the shapes of more western states than anything else? What two states were "Short and wide" because of it:
Trains. Kansas and Nebraska.
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Train transportation meant water access wasn't necessary and "without the need for water access, western states got ____"
Straighter.
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What state had an area officially known as "No Man's Land"
Oklahoma
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When first discovered, Colorado's gold area belonged to what other state?
Kansas
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Kansas, Nebraska, and Washington all gave up the ends of their states for what reason?
They didn't want the prospectors in their states.
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Congress made the western states "boxy" was that "all states should be created...."
Equal
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Idaho and Montana were originally "Idaho territory" but were split in 1863 along what geographic feature?
Bitterroot Mountains
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Notches are often the result of what?
Mountains and water.
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Missouri has a southern "boot heel" because rich landowner John Walker did what?
Wanted to be in Missouri, not Arkansas. He paid off Congress.
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Massachusetts gave up a snip of its southwest edge to new york because the town of Boston Corner there was a haven for...
Outlaws.
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How recently did New York and New Jersey fight in court for control of Ellis Island?
1998
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The newer "Landfill" part of Ellis Island went to which state?
New Jersey.
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