{"id":1518,"date":"2026-07-23T11:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commercialrelocationpros.com\/?p=1518"},"modified":"2026-07-23T11:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:11:13","slug":"atlantic-trivia-admitted-into-the-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commercialrelocationpros.com\/?p=1518","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic Trivia: Admitted Into the Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<section><p>The Senate can pipe down; <em>Atlantic <\/em>Trivia players are the world\u2019s greatest deliberative body.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialrelocationpros.com\/?p=1516\">The Smithsonian\u2019s Show Trial on Capitol Hill<\/a><\/p><div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" alt=\"trivia icon\" class=\"wp-image-35\" src=\"https:\/\/commercialrelocationpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5bb3d06009f2cf1e1e7e69b85c7c3ab5.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<h3>Atlantic Trivia<\/h3><\/div><div><div><h4>Senate<\/h4><h4>Monuments<\/h4><h4>Credit Cards<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><div>From a<!-- --> story<span> <!-- -->(opens in new tab)<\/span> <!-- -->by<!-- --> <!-- -->Jonathan Chait<\/div><div><p>In 1889, <strong>what sparsely settled territory<\/strong> was split into two states to preserve Republicans\u2019 electoral advantage in the Senate?<\/p><\/div><button>Show Hint<\/button><div><p>Pierre and Bismarck became state capitals.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div><button><svg><\/svg>Question <!-- -->0<\/button><form><div><label>Answer<\/label><\/div><button>Submit<\/button><\/form><button>Question <!-- -->2<svg><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><p>And by the way, did you know that when President Benjamin Harrison signed the statehood papers for the territory mentioned in Question 1, he shuffled the documents and covered them while writing his name? 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