Personal blog about states
Hawaii , which had a large military population after the war, was expected to lean Republican and thus balance out the senate seats being added. So, shortly after Alaska was awarded statehood , so was Hawaii , which became the 50th state on August 21, 1959.
List of U.S. states
State | Date (admitted or ratified) | |
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47 | New Mexico | January 6, 1912 (admitted) |
48 | Arizona | February 14, 1912 (admitted) |
49 | Alaska | January 3, 1959 (admitted) |
50 | Hawaii | August 21, 1959 (admitted) |
1959
President Dwight Eisenhower
The purchase of Alaska in 1867 marked the end of Russian efforts to expand trade and settlements to the Pacific coast of North America , and became an important step in the United States rise as a great power in the Asia-Pacific region.
Queen Liliuokalani attempted to restore royal powers in 1893 but was placed under house arrest by businessmen with help from the US military. Against the Queen’s wishes, the Republic of Hawaii was formed for a short time. This government agreed on behalf of Hawaii to join the US in 1898 as the Territory of Hawaii.
Hawaii’s annexation in 1898 had much to do with the power of American plantation owners on the islands and the protection of their financial interests—both in gaining exemption from import taxes for the sugar they shipped to the U.S. and in protecting their holdings from possible confiscation or nationalization under a
List of U.S. states and their order to statehood
State | Date (admitted or ratified) | |
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47 | New Mexico | January 27, 1912 (admitted) |
48 | Arizona | February 14, 1912 (admitted) |
49 | Alaska | January 3, 1959 (admitted) |
50 | Hawaii | August 21, 1959 (admitted) |
In 1898, the Spanish-American War broke out, and the strategic use of the naval base at Pearl Harbor during the war convinced Congress to approve formal annexation. Two years later, Hawaii was organized into a formal U.S. territory and in 1959 entered the United States as the 50th state.
The United States was formed as a result of the American Revolution when the thirteen American colonies revolted against the rule of Great Britain. These thirteen colonies became the first 13 states as each ratified the Constitution. The first state to ratify the Constitution was Delaware on December 7, 1787.
On January 3, 1959, President Eisenhower signs a special proclamation admitting the territory of Alaska into the Union as the 49th and largest state.
States and Territories Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas. California, Colorado, Connecticut. Delaware, District of Columbia. Florida. Georgia, Guam. Hawaii. Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Kansas, Kentucky.
Alaska is the northernmost state, Hawaii the southernmost. Alaska is the largest state in area, Hawaii , nearly the smallest. Alaska is famous for its cold winters, while Hawaii is a tropical paradise.