Test Your State IQ

Missouri

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1. The U.S. aquired Missouri as part of the:

Mexican Cession
Defeat of Cabrillo
Louisiana Purchase

2. Missouri claims the boyhood home of:

James Baldwin
Langston Hughes
Richard Wright

3. Missouri's nickname is:

Gem State
Sunflower State
Show-me State

4. St. Joseph, Missouri, was the western starting point for:

The Pacific Railroad
The Pony Express
Route 66