Indiana Quick Quiz
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What is the name of the act that allowed Indiana to become a state?
- Which Great Lake is north of Gary, Indiana?
- Which river separates Indiana from Kentucky?
- What year was the Indiana state seal adopted?
Answers Below
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September 7, 1819 Thomas Hendricks was born in Ohio. He grew up in Indiana, became an attorney, and got involved in politics. He was elected Governor in 1872 and, in 1884, Vice-President of the United States. He died while serving in that office in 1885.
September 8, 2003 
Indiana Governor Frank O’Bannon suffered a stroke at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. He died five days later at age 73 and was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Corydon.
September 9, 1890 Harland Sanders was born near Henryville, Indiana. He developed a popular recipe for frying chicken in a pressure cooker, becoming famous as the Kentucky Colonel of KFC restaurants.
September 10, 1914 
Robert Wise, American Academy Award-winning film director (The Day the Earth Stood Still; West Side Story; The Sound Of Music), born in Winchester.
Where in Indiana
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Answers: 1. Indiana Enabling Act 2. Lake Michigan 3. Ohio River 4. 1963
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