1. US States and Capitals

2. Northeast Region State: Maine (ME) Capital: Augusta
Fun Fact: Maine is the only state whose name is one syllable

3. Northeast Region State: New Hampshire (NH) Capital: Concord
Fun Fact: The state’s
motto is “live free
or die”

4. Northeast Region State: Vermont (VT) Capital: Montpelier
Fun Fact: VT is the home to Ben and Jerry’s ice cream 

5. Northeast Region State: Massachusetts (MA) Capital: Boston
Fun Fact: Harvard, the first college established in the United States (1636) is located in Cambridge, MA

6. Northeast Region State: Connecticut (CT) Capital: Hartford
Fun Fact: UConn's NCAAW basketball team has the longest winning streak out of both men and women's college basketball teams

7. Northeast Region State: Rhode Island (RI) Capital: Providence
Fun Fact: Providence was founded by banished Puritan, Rodger Williams and was seen as a religious refuge for some in the1600s

8. Northeast Region State: New York (NY) Capital: Albany
Fun Fact: The Major League Baseball Hall of Fame is located in Cooperstown, NY

9. Northeast Region State: Pennsylvania (PA) Capital: Harrisburg
Fun Fact: PA is known as the Keystone State

10. Northeast Region State: New Jersey (NJ) Capital: Trenton
Fun Fact: NJ is the most DENSELY populated state in the US

11. Northeast Region State: Maryland (MD) Capital: Annapolis
Fun Fact: MD is home to the US Naval Academy

12. Northeast Region State: Delaware (DE) Capital: Dover
Fun Fact: Nicknamed the “First State” (first state to ratify the Constitution)

13. Southeast Region State: West Virginia (WV) Capital: Charleston
Fun Fact: John Brown’s Raid at Harpers Ferry (for abolition) happened in WV.

14. Southeast State: Virginia (VA) Capital: Richmond
Fun Fact: Home to Jamestown

15. Southeast Region State: North Carolina (NC) Capital: Raleigh
Fun Fact: Home to the first flight (Wright Brothers)

16. Southeast Region State: South Carolina (SC) Capital: Columbia
Fun Fact: First state to secede from the Union to start the Civil War.

17. Southeast Region State: Georgia (GA) Capital: Atlanta
Fun Fact: Home to Coca-Cola headquarters

18. Southeast Region State: Florida (FL) Capital: Tallahassee
Fun Fact: NASA Headquarters located at Cape Canaveral

19. Southeast Region State: Alabama (AL) Capital: Montgomery
Fun Fact: Hub of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s; Montgomery Bus Boycott occurred here (Rosa Parks)

20. Southeast Region State: Mississippi (MS) Capital: Jackson
Fun Fact: Named after the largest river in the US

21. Southeast Region State: Louisiana (LA) Capital: Baton Rouge
Fact: In 2005, New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrina

22. Southeast Region State: Arkansas (AR) Capital: Little Rock
Fun Fact: Home to the “Little Rock Nine” Event

23. Southeast Region State: Tennessee (TN) Capital: Nashville
Home state of Elvis

24. Southeast Region State: Kentucky (KY) Capital: Frankfort
Fun Fact: Home to the longest continuously held horse race (the Kentucky Derby) at Churchill Downs

25. Southwest Region State: Oklahoma (OK) Capital: Oklahoma City
Fun Fact: Settlers who tried to get land in Oklahoma, before the noon starting time, were called Sooners

26. Southwest Region State: Texas (TX) Capital: Austin
Fun Fact: Texas executes more prisoners than any other state

27. Southwest Region State: New Mexico(NM) Capital: Santa Fe
Fun Fact: Home to Los Alamos where the US tested the atomic bomb

28. Southwest Region State: Arizona (AZ) Capital: Phoenix
Fun Fact: Home to the Grand Canyon

29. Midwest Region

30. Midwest Region State: Ohio (OH) Capital: Columbus
Fun Fact: Kent, Ohio is home to the Kent State Massacre in 1970 when the government fired on students protesting the US involvement in the Vietnam War

31. Midwest Region State: Michigan (MI) Capital: Lansing
Fun Fact: Home to Motown and the US car industry

32. Midwest Region State: Indiana (IN) Capital: Indianapolis
Fun Fact: Residents are called Hoosier's after the frontier greeting of "who's here?" whenever settlers approached someone's living quarters

33. Midwest Region State: Illinois (IL) Capital: Springfield
Fun Fact: Home to Presidents Lincoln and Obama

34. Midwest Region State: Wisconsin (WI) Capital: Madison
Fun Fact: #1 producer of dairy products, hence the “cheese head” nickname

35. Midwest Region State: Minnesota (MN) Capital: St. Paul
Fun Fact: Home to the “Twin Cities”

36. Midwest Region State: Iowa (IA) Capital: Des Moines
Fun Fact: Home to the Iowa Caucus, the first presidential primary state

37. Midwest Region State: Missouri (MO) Capital: St. Louis
Fun Fact: Home to the famous Gateway Arch and the 2011 World Series Champions (Cardinals)

38. Midwest Region State: North Dakota (ND) Capital: Bismarck
Fun Fact: North Dakota is nicknamed the "Roughrider State" in honor of the first volunteer cavalry in the US led by Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War

39. Midwest Region State: South Dakota (SD) Capital: Pierre
Fun Fact: Home to Mt. Rushmore.

40. Midwest Region State: Nebraska (NE) Capital: Lincoln
Fun Fact: Kool Aid was invented in this state.

41. Midwest Region State: Kansas (KS) Capital: Topeka
Fun Fact: Part of Tornado alley

42. Western Region

43. Western Region State: Colorado Capital: Denver
Fun Fact: Home to the US Air Force Academy

44. Western Region State: Utah Capital: Salt Lake City
Fun Fact: TCR completed here. Celebration occurred at Promontory Summit in 1869.

45. Western Region State: Wyoming Capital: Cheyenne
Fun Fact: Home to Yellowstone National Park

46. Western Region State: Montana Capital: Helena
Fun Fact: Battle of Litter Big Horn (Custer’s Last Stand) happed in Montana

47. Western Region State: Idaho Capital: Boise
Fun Fact: #1 producer of potatoes in the US

48. Western Region State: Nevada Capital: Carson City
Fun Fact: Home to “Sin City”

49. Western Region State: California Capital: Sacramento
Fun Fact: Most populous state in the US

50. Western Region State: Oregon Capital: Salem
Fun Fact: Home to the largest lake in the US (Crater Lake)

51. Western Region State: Washington Capital: Olympia
Fun Fact: Only state to be named after a president.

52. Western Region State: Hawaii Capital: Honolulu
Fun Fact: 50th State, only state with an active volcano

53. Western Region State: Alaska Capital: Juneau
Fun Fact: Only state whose capital city can’t be accessed by car.