50 States AssignmentBy Sedona Hansen

WilliamsComputer Apps. I – 1

26 March 2013

Nevada(The Silver State)

Capital City: Carson City Admission to Statehood: October 31,

1864 Border States: Arizona, California,

Idaho, Oregon, Utah Flower: Artemisia Tridentata Population: 1,998,257

California(Golden State)

Capital City: Sacramento Admission to Statehood: September 9,

1850 Border States: Arizona, Nevada,

Oregon Flower: California Poppy Population: 33,871,648

Hawaii(Aloha State)

Capital City: Honolulu Flower: Hibiscus or Pua Aloalo Highest Point: Mauna Kea; 13,796 feet Population: 1,211,537 Lowest Point: Pacific Coast, Sea Level,

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Washington(The Evergreen State)

Capital City: Olympia Motto: Alki Governor: Jay Inslee Flower: Rhodedendron Macrophyllum Population: 5,894,121

New York(Empire State)

Admission to Statehood: July 26, 1788 Bird: Blue Bird Border States: Connecticut,

Massachusetts, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont

Flower: Rose Motto: Excelsior

Arizona(The Grand Canyon State)

Motto: Ditat Deus Capital: Phoenix Admission to Statehood: February 14,

1912 Governor: Janice K. Brewer Population: 5,130,632

Minnesota(North Star State/Land of 10,000 Lakes)

Capital: Saint Paul Motto: L’Etoile du nord Soil: Lester Flower: Cypripedium Reginae Admission to Statehood: May 11, 1858

Florida(Sunshine State)

Capital: Tallahassee Admission to Statehood: March 3, 1845 Bird: Mockingbird Flower: Citrus Sinensis Governor: Rick Scott

Texas(Lone Star State)

Capital: Dallas University of Texas won NCAA

championship for volleyball. Admission to Statehood: December

29,1845 Agriculture: Cattle, cotton, dairy

products, nursery stock, poultry, sorghum, corn, wheat

Flower: Lupins Texensis

Iowa(Hawkeye State)

Motto: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain

Governor: Terry Branstad History in State: Civil War Flower: Rosa Pratincola Capital: Des Moines