Q 01/05
A) Kearney
B) Omaha
C) Lincoln
D) Grand Island
Answer · why
The capital moved from Omaha at statehood in 1867 to a village called Lancaster, renamed for the recently assassinated president.
Q 02/05
A) 1854
B) 1859
C) 1861
D) 1867
Answer · why
That was two years after the Civil War ended; the territory itself dates to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
Q 03/05
A) Wide sky
B) Great plain
C) Flat water
D) Land of corn
Answer · why
It describes the Platte River, and Platte itself is French for flat.
Q 04/05
A) It is unicameral and nonpartisan
B) Members are chosen by lottery
C) It has no governor's veto
D) It meets only every four years
Answer · why
Voters abolished the state senate and house in 1934 and the single chamber first met in 1937; its 49 members are still called senators.
Q 05/05
A) 40
B) 21
C) 49
D) 35
Answer · why
They serve four-year terms and, since a 2000 amendment, are limited to two consecutive terms.
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