trivia question: US states and internal rebellion

[pres2032]

Which two US states are the only ones to have a rebellion among itself and actually form two rival governments?



i have class now, but i'll be back at 4 to check answers. keep this kicked!!

here's some hints, both were before the civil war and one is currently a blue state.

[chicagojoe]

1. Is one of them Texas?

[pres2032]

2. nope

i mean after they have been admitted into the Union.

[Robroy]

3. North/South Dakota

Virginia/West Virginia?

[pres2032]

4. nope

these states remained one after it was all over.

[chicagojoe]

5. Cook County and the rest of Illinois?

[pres2032]

7. did cook county actually form an independent gov"t

[chicagojoe]

11. Sorry. That was a joke.

[MrModerate]

8. Missouri, I think, during the Civil War

. . . and another Civil War era state?

[pres2032]

12. you're the closest

one was a precurser to the civil war.

[johnnie]

Ohio and Mich?

[pres2032]

9. nope

[skygazer]

6. Missouri and Kentucky n/t

[pres2032]

10. nope

though you're close geographically to one of them

[johnnie]

14. The Toledo wars?

Although I'm not sure on how far that got. I think one man was killed, and most of the men got lost in the swamps.
Oh well..

[Worst Username Ever]

13. United States of Canada and Jesus Land?

[fishwax]

15. Rhode Island and Virginia/West Virginia

Not sure if the division of VA involved rival governments, but there was once a democratic rebellion in Rhode Island which declared the state government illegal/obsolete.

[pres2032]

20. yup, Rhode Island was one of them too

it was Kansas and Rhode Island

[CubsFan1982]

16. Kansas?

I have no clue about any others.

[pres2032]

18. yup, kansas is one of them

[sniffa]

17. kansas... and iLLinois?

maybe pa.? or massachusetts?

kansas' 'rebeL government' was based in topeka.

[pres2032]

19. you're right about Kansas

and Massachusetts is very very close geographically to the other one.

[WMliberal]

21. Rhode Island and the Providence Plantation and Kansas

ah, I AM the SOOOOOOOOPREME history geek in the lounge.