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| At the "Little White Schoolhouse" in Ripon where on February 28, 1854 citizens of the area
met and decided to form a new political party in response
to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act which they believed
would result in the expansion of slavery to the Western
Territories. The name they gave to their new party was
Republican. |
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Seal* |
| Website : www.wisconsin.gov |
 Capital
: Madison |
 Highest
point : Timms
Hill, 1,951 feet |
 Area : 65,503 square miles,
23rd largest state |
 Population : 5,363,675
(2000 US Census) |
 Motto
: Forward
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 Admitted to
Union : May 29, 1848 |
 State
Song : "On, Wisconsin" |
 State Bird : Robin |
 State Flower : Wood Violet |
 State Tree : Sugar Maple |
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