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1855 J. H. Colton Company map of Virginia that predates the West Virginia partition by seven years.. Numerous state partition proposals have been put forward since the 1776 establishment of the United States that would partition an existing U.S. state or states so that a particular region might either join another state or create a new state.
Sporcle is a trivia and pub quiz website created by trivia enthusiast Matt Ramme. [1] First launched on April 23, 2007, the website allows users to play and make quizzes on a wide range of subjects, with the option of earning badges by completing challenges. Sporcle hosts over one million user-made quizzes that have been played over 5 billion ...
Pages in category "Proposed states and territories of the United States" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
We are calling all history buffs, and anyone who likes to have a little fun, to test your knowledge of inaugurations past with our quiz, curated by USA TODAY Network political editors. If you can ...
On April 22, 2021, the United States House of Representatives voted 216–208 in favor of statehood for Washington, D.C. [44] A similar bill, S. 51, "A bill to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union" was earlier introduced into the United States Senate.
JetPunk is an online trivia and quizzing website. The service offers a variety of quizzes in different topics, such as geography, history, science, literature, and music. [2] [3] The site offers quizzes in a variety of languages, including but not limited to: English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, German, Finnish, Portuguese, and Polish. [4]
[12] The state split movement ended quickly, though not before Del Norte County District Attorney John Leon Childs (1863–1953) of Crescent City was inaugurated as the Governor of the State of Jefferson on December 4, 1941. [13] The first blow was the death of Mayor Gable on December 2, followed by the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 ...
A New Hampshire man holds a sign advocating for secession during the 2012 presidential election. In the context of the United States, secession primarily refers to the voluntary withdrawal of one or more states from the Union that constitutes the United States; but may loosely refer to leaving a state or territory to form a separate territory or new state, or to the severing of an area from a ...