65 years have passed since the latest U.S. states achieved statehood—Alaska and Hawaii in 1959—but mapping out states by their year of statehood shows that the 19th century was when the U.S. added the most territory to the national footprint.This map from USAFacts shows when each American state achieved statehood. Data comes from the US Senate and individual state governments.
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32 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 7 Aug
Its always weird to me to think about AK and HI being so new. There are possibly be on this board who were born when USA had 48 stars on flag....
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 7 Aug
They were territories for a long time
Alaska was purchased in 1867
Hawaii was annexed in 1898
We annexed it fair and square lol
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