Q 01/05
A) Los Angeles
B) Sacramento
C) San Francisco
D) San Diego
Answer · why
Sacramento has been the capital of California since 1854. Despite Los Angeles being the largest city in the state, Sacramento was chosen for its centr...
Q 02/05
A) Buffalo
B) Albany
C) Rochester
D) New York City
Answer · why
Albany has been New York's capital since 1797; New York City, though far larger and more famous, has not held the role since the early days of the rep...
Q 03/05
A) Houston
B) Dallas
C) Austin
D) San Antonio
Answer · why
Austin has been the capital of Texas since 1839, when it was chosen by Mirabeau B. Lamar during the Republic of Texas era. It was named after Stephen ...
Q 04/05
A) Tallahassee
B) Orlando
C) Jacksonville
D) Miami
Answer · why
Tallahassee became Florida's capital in 1824 as a compromise, sitting roughly midway between the two earlier capitals, St. Augustine and Pensacola.
Q 05/05
A) Chicago
B) Springfield
C) Peoria
D) Rockford
Answer · why
The legislature voted in 1837 to move Illinois's capital from Vandalia to Springfield, a campaign led by a young lawmaker named Abraham Lincoln, who l...
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