Which state, the second to join the union, is known as the Keystone State?
USS Keystone State (1853) sidewheeler continued to operate along the Carolina coast supporting clean-up operations which snuffed out Southern resistance. She got underway on 13 March towing monitor to Hampton Roads, and arrived at Baltimore, Maryland on 20 March. "Keystone State" decommissioned on 25 March and was sold at auction at Washington, D.C. on 15 September to M. O. Roberts. She was redocumented as SS "San Francisco" on 22 December, and operated in merchant service until 1879. USS Keystone State (1853) USS Keystone State was a wooden sidewheel steamer that served in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. "Keystone State" was built
Response to the State of the Union address Union addresses, there have been five official responses to non–State of the Union speeches which were delivered soon after presidential inaugurations. Response to the State of the Union address The response to the State of the Union address is a rebuttal speech, often brief, delivered by a representative (or representatives) of the opposition party following a presidential State of the Union address. When the president is a Democrat, the rebuttal is given by a Republican, and vice versa. The practice began in 1966 when Republican U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois) and U.S. Representative Gerald Ford (Michigan) appeared on TV to