'MERICA!

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Across
  1. 1. its state animal is the buffalo
  2. 5. a modern advertising slogan for this state's most popular city: what happens in this city stays in this city.
  3. 6. the state with the lowest rate of obesity in the country
  4. 7. this state has a large Cuban expatriate community
  5. 8. home of Ben and Jerry's ice cream
  6. 9. this state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning "red people"
  7. 12. This "new" state is adjacent with Vermont
  8. 15. directly east of Washington state
  9. 20. the crawfish capital of the world
  10. 22. home of the Grand Canyon
  11. 23. Bismark is this state's capitol
  12. 24. home state of the characters in the TV series Breaking Bad
  13. 26. called "America's Dairyland"
  14. 28. the Palmetto state
  15. 30. located below Washington state
  16. 31. home of the Liberty Bell
  17. 32. the atomic bomb was developed in this state's small city of Oak Ridge
  18. 36. this state is on Ray Charle's mind
  19. 37. most farm-raised catfish come from this state
  20. 38. home of Mount Rushmore
  21. 40. this state's slogan is the "land of 10,000 lakes"
  22. 41. home to both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame
  23. 42. the state with the longest coastline (greater than all others combined)
  24. 43. the only state to be named after a US president
  25. 45. Des Moines is this state's capitol
  26. 46. home of the most populous city in the US (hint: I <3 this city)
  27. 47. Bill Clinton was born in this state
Down
  1. 2. the Cotton State
  2. 3. the smallest state in the US
  3. 4. home of the Gateway Arch
  4. 10. its 4 mile Bay Bridge connects the western part of this state across the Chesapeake Bay into its eastern shore
  5. 11. home to the third largest city in the US, located beside Lake Michigan
  6. 13. home of the insert-sate-capitol-here Cream Pie
  7. 14. the Cornhusker State
  8. 16. the southernmost state, in latitude
  9. 17. ALL of this state's territory is part of the Appalachian mountain range
  10. 18. over 90 % of the nation's lobster supply is caught off the coast of this state
  11. 19. home of Yellowstone National Park
  12. 21. where the Wright Brothers took flight
  13. 25. a state known for its many bourbon breweries
  14. 27. this state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman
  15. 29. Hartford is this state's capitol
  16. 33. it is estimated there are approximately 500,000 detectable seismic tremors in this state annually
  17. 34. home of Jamestown, the first English settlement
  18. 35. heading west from Colorado, this state's I-70 highway is one of the most deserted stretches of highway in the US
  19. 37. this state has an upper and lower peninsula (hint: it's in the Great Lakes region)
  20. 39. it's so big, this state was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845
  21. 40. it's the 4th largest state and shares it's borders with 3 Canadian provinces
  22. 44. this small "new" state has the highest population density and percent urban population in the US
  23. 45. the name of this state means "the land of Indians"