States Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 5. also known as the "Green Mountain State"
  2. 6. location of the World Trade Center
  3. 7. also known as "America's dairyland"
  4. 10. the first state
  5. 12. largest state in the U.S.
  6. 14. where the Gold Rush happened in the 1850s
  7. 15. location of the Grand Canyon
  8. 16. the "sunshine state"
  9. 17. last confederate state to rejoin the Union
Down
  1. 1. also known as the "Peach State"
  2. 2. smallest state in the U.S.
  3. 3. setting of the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"
  4. 4. hometown of president Joe Biden
  5. 8. abbreviated as OK
  6. 9. the state's official flower is the hibiscus
  7. 11. houses the "Emerald City"
  8. 13. least populated state in the U.S.