Soccer team replaces red stripes on jersey with white, will restore red as fans donate blood
16:24New Jersey prospered through the Roaring Twenties . The first Miss America Pageant was held in 1921 in Atlantic City, the first drive-in movie was shown in 1933 in Camden, and the Holland Tunnel opened in 1927. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the state offered begging licenses to unemployed residents, [ 25 ] the zeppelin airship Hindenburg crashed in flames over Lakehurst , and the SS Morro Castle beached itself near Asbury Park after going up in flames while at sea.
New Jersey was one of the few Northern states (the others being Delaware and Kentucky ) to select a candidate other than Abraham Lincoln twice in national elections, and sided with Stephen Douglas (1860) and George B. McClellan (1864) during their campaigns. McClellan later became governor (1878ЁC81). During the Civil War, the state was led first by Republican Governor Charles Smith Olden , then by Democrat Joel Parker .
New Jersey was originally settled by Native Americans, with the Lenni-Lenape being dominant at the time Europeans arrived. The Lenape were loosely organized groups that practiced small-scale agriculture (mainly based on corn ) in order to increase their largely mobile hunter-gatherer society in the region surrounding the Delaware River , the lower Hudson River , and western Long Island Sound . The Lenape society was divided into matrilinear clans that were based upon common female ancestors. These clans were organized into three distinct phratries identified by their animal sign: Turtle, Turkey , and Wolf . They first encountered the Dutch in the early 17th century, and their primary relationship with the Europeans was through fur trade .
New Jersey is one of only two states (along with Oregon ) where all fuel dispensing stations are required to sell gasoline full-service to customers. It is unlawful for a customer to serve him/herself.
New Jersey hosts several business headquarters, including twenty-four Fortune 500 companies. [ 65 ] Paramus is noted for having one of the highest retail sales per person ratios in the nation. Several New Jersey counties such as Somerset (7), Morris (10), Hunterdon (13), Bergen (21), Monmouth (42) counties are ranked among the highest-income counties in the United States . Four others are also in the top 100.
New Jersey runs into deficits frequently and has one of the highest tax burdens in the nation. [ 61 ] Factors for this include the large federal tax liability which is not adjusted for New Jersey's higher cost of living and Medicaid funding formulas. As shown by the study, incomes tend to be higher in New Jersey, which puts those in higher tax brackets especially vulnerable to the alternative minimum tax .
New Jersey also can be broadly divided into three geographic regions: North Jersey , Central Jersey , and South Jersey . Some New Jersey residents do not consider Central Jersey a region in its own right, but others believe it is a separate geographic and cultural area from the North and South.
New Jersey currently has four teams from major professional sports leagues playing in the state, although the Major League Soccer team and two National Football League teams identify themselves as being from New York City. A fifth team, the Women's National Basketball Association 's Liberty , are temporarily playing in Newark until renovations for Madison Square Garden are completed in 2013.
New Jersey is divided into 21 counties; 13 date from the colonial era. New Jersey was completely divided into counties by 1692; the present counties were created by dividing the existing ones; most recently Union County in 1857. New Jersey is the only state in the nation where elected county officials are called "Freeholders," governing each county as part of its own Board of Chosen Freeholders . The number of freeholders in each county is determined by referendum, and must consist of three, five, seven or nine members.
New Jersey was the East Coast hub for ska music in the 90s. Some of the most popular ska bands, such as Catch 22 and Streetlight Manifesto , come from East Brunswick .
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