The name "Free State" was given to Maryland in 1919, when Congress passed a law prohibiting the sale and use of alcohol. Marylanders opposed prohibition because they believed it violated their state's rights. The "Free State" nickname also represents Maryland's long tradition of political freedom and religious tolerance.
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Kansas does not have an official state fossil. The state animal is the bison, the state flower is the sunflower, and the states nickname is the Sunflower State.
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Kentucky's Nickname is The Bluegrass State.
Montana was not a part of the contingent United States at the time of the Civil War; thus, it was neither a free state nor a slave state during the 1800s.
The first cowboys emerged in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains areas of the United States, and were so prevalent in Wyoming that it earned the nickname "The Cowboy State."