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American GovernmentState and Local Government
What is the nickname of New Jersey?
Answer:
The Garden State
Why this is the correct answer
New Jersey is called "The Garden State" because of the fertile farmland that historically supplied fresh produce to the large cities of New York and Philadelphia on either side of it. Abraham Browning is credited with coining the phrase in an 1876 speech comparing New Jersey to a garden between two large cities.
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