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Wisconsin,21,4
\Wisconsin was admitted to the Union as the ... State?\
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24
38
43
\In which geographic region is Wisconsin located?\
Midwest
Great Lakes
Southwest
Appalachian
\What is the capital city of Wisconsin?\
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Wausau
\When did Wisconsin become a state?\
1848
1803
1812
1831
\Wisconsin is ranked # ... in population?\
17
26
32
41
\Wisconsin is ranked # ... in total area?\
26
17
32
41
\What is the State Nickname for Wisconsin?\
Badger
Hoosier
Show Me
Land of Opportunity
\Which of the following is NOT a state symbol for Wisconsin?\
White Pine
Robin
Wood Violet
Sugar Maple
\When was Wisconsin organized as a territory?\
1836
1787
1803
1812
\Who was the first European to visit/explore Wisconsin?\
Jean Nicolet
Deluth
De Soto
Joliet
\The area was primarily in control of the ... up to 1763?\
French
Spanish
English
Swedish
\Who formally claimed the area for his country in the late 17th
\ century?\
Perrot
Nicolet
Deluth
De Soto
\What were the early explorers interested in?\
fur
gold
land
timber
\Before it became its own territory it had been part of other
\ territories. Which was NOT one of them?\
Oregon
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
\The first territorial legislation met at ...?\
Balmont
Deluth
Manitowac
Green Bay
\After 1812 the fur trade diminished. What replaced the settlers'
\ interest?\
lead mines
gold mines
timber
fishing
\What Indian War (1832) ended most of the Indian threat and eased
\ the fear of many potential settlers?\
Black Hawk War
Pontiac's Rebellion
Fallen Timbers
Tippecanoe
\In the 1870s the ... industry become the most important in the
\ State.\
lumber
beer
fur
lead
\Wisconsin was to provide a model for progressive state
\ government when ... was elected in 1900.\
Robert La Follette
Douglas MacArthur
Joseph McCarthy
William Leahy
\Senator ... stated that the State Department was filled with
\ communists. He was never able to substantiate his theme but
\ frightened and destroyed many innocent people.\
Joseph McCarthy
Richard Nixon
Robert La Follette
William Leahy
\The worst natural disaster in its history was the ...?\
Peshtigo forest fire
Johnston Flood
St Lawrence Seaway Dam collapse
the Great Freeze