Can you name the U.S. States in order of admission to the Union?

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U.S. States in Order Quiz

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Created by: davidr -
Published: February 18th, 2010
Category: Geography
Plays: 122,227

Tags: State Quizzes, union, order, admission, US States

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	jruiz0327:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 19:51 GMT	68 points
	Thank you state quarters

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	jdubbs:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 20:05 GMT	22 points
	@ HtomSirveaux. Keep in mind that a lot of people can't even name the 50 states.

	midlifecrisis:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 20:08 GMT	9 points
	I think I spent too much time trying to order them, starting in the northeast and working my way out, instead of cutting and pasting. I ran out of time with 7 to go. Remember that not everyone can type as fast as you professional sporclers.

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	Gumpster:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 20:15 GMT	40 points
	copy and paste is sooo not cool!

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	treblat:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 20:22 GMT	29 points
	Puerto Ricans actually have the best of both worlds right now: they're US citizens because it's a US territory, but because it's not a state they don't pay federal taxes. It will likely be a long while before popular opinion turns in favour of statehood (unless they suddenly really really want a vote in Congress!).

	jaypunkrawk:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 20:33 GMT	33 points
	Phew...33 seconds left. Stupid West Virginia staying part of VA for so long! BTW, a true Sporcler would never need to copy/paste. :)

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	weizenugb:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 20:50 GMT	14 points
	Good to see an old time Sporcler like davidr back at it!!

	rlnintendo:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 21:00 GMT	6 points
	It seems that in every sporcle quiz where you guess states, Wyoming is last... last, last, last!

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	Ibarez:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 21:32 GMT	8 points
	This quiz would have been easier if I could remember how to spell Massachusetts.

	smreidy113:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 21:35 GMT	1 point
	Been waiting for this! Could this be the next mega-popular quiz?

kaytayyyyyyyy:

Feb 18th, 2010 at 21:36 GMT

8 points

All the colors on the map reminds of the map we used in elementary school.

	atoratzy:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 21:59 GMT	27 points
	@jaypunk--West Virginia was one of the easy ones in the middle. Any history buff knows it separated during the civil war so it could fight for the North.

	Logged_in:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 22:33 GMT	5 points
	Good quiz! this will help with history tests

	Doctor_Tom:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 22:56 GMT	7 points
	Maybe it was just my computer, but when every I pressed tab enter (to go to the next one without having to use my mouse), it skipped one and went down two. I didn't notice this until about halfway through when I was wondering why the heck Illinois wasn't showing up.

	Senor_Borracho:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 23:20 GMT	2 points
	I had the same problem as Dr. Tom and quit

	WCRoentgen:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 23:37 GMT	3 points
	enjoyable quiz

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	cjmulrain:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 00:49 GMT	12 points
	something like this for when each European country formed would be very interesting, if a little difficult to nail down (for example, what year would you give France, which has had basically the same geographic outline for centuries, but has had numerous different governments.) Still, whatever brave soul makes it, I'll play it.

	Serenity:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 01:52 GMT	12 points
	Nicely set up quiz. I liked having the map and each state get colored in when it was guessed. Well done.

	Dudeman612:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 02:21 GMT	5 points
	@Mcory: The vast majority of Puerto Ricans do not want to be a state, and like their situation as it is now.

	pbysr:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 03:37 GMT	5 points
	This is a trip through US history. 13 colonies of course. Then the early states, the Missouri Compromise era (one for north and south), westward expansion, and the tricky ones (West Virginia and Oklahoma come to mind).

	bittyslayer:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 04:02 GMT	5 points
	State quarters helped a ton with this one

	Mattchu:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 04:43 GMT	3 points
	@Doctor_Tom: Looks like you can just hit enter to skip to the next one (don't need to hit tab). Might make it easier.

	adamnvillani:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 04:45 GMT	3 points
	Magna, that's pretty insulting... it's not that hard for people who've studied both American history and geography.

	shakescene:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 05:21 GMT	3 points
	I'm a little surprised that so many got all of the original 13 in order. I know Delaware was first(and being a Rhode Islander) that NC was 12th and RI 13th, but the others don't come naturally. Beginning with Vermont, there's a relatively logical progression.

	dbg248:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 05:46 GMT	-4 points
	This one has already been posted: http://www.sporcle.com/games/dbg248/states_statehood_date

	cuendillar:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 07:33 GMT	-3 points
	Logic helped me get all these. The first 13 and last 2 were fairly easy, and it didn't take a genious to guess that the Dakotas were admitted on the same day. Then it's roughly west->east to the Mississippi river. After that, there was fortunately enough time to copy-paste the rest. San Francisco being big early, plus the "Oregon Trail" were all the clues I had for the last ones...

	y2jdilemma:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 12:06 GMT	3 points
	Neat quiz. Being from PA the first 3 came easy, somehow always new the 4th and the last 2 of the Original 13. Once I figured out the middle 7 I got moving. And yeah, if you know American history independent of statehood dates, you can still figure them out (like West Va as wasw mentioned).

	jewsus:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 13:44 GMT	2 points
	perfect amount of time--i cut off as i was getting the last 10 or so by elimination, only missed 4 at the end.