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What is the nickname of Iowa?
Answer:
The Hawkeye State
Why this is the correct answer
Iowa is called the Hawkeye State, a nickname honoring Black Hawk, a Sauk leader who resisted the forced removal of his people from the region in the 1830s. The name was popularized by an early Iowa pioneer and writer and has stuck ever since.
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