How did Hawaii and Alaska become part of the U.S.?
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In 1867 William Seward negotiated Alaska's sale from the Russians to the U.S., and the subsequent discovery of gold stimulated American settlement. Alaska was a U.S. territory from 1912 until it was admitted as the 49th state in 1959.\n \nThe original Hawaiians were of Polynesian origin and came from the Marquesas Islands с AD 400. Capt. James Cook visited the islands in 1778 and called them the Sandwich Islands. In 1796 Kamehameha I united the group under his rule. American whalers began to stop there; they were followed in 1820 by New England missionaries, and Western influences changed the islands. While Kamehameha III in 1851 placed Hawaii under U.S. protection, a coup later fomented by U.S. sugar interests resulted in the monarchy's overthrow and the establishment of a Republic of Hawaii (1893). In 1898 the new republic and the U.S. agreed on annexation, and in 1900 Hawaii became a U.S. territory. The bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese in 1941 led to U.S. involvement in World War II, and Hawaii became a major naval station. Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959.
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Alaska.  In fact it is the ONLY state that was ever part of the Russia/the Soviet Union.
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Western and Southern would be Hawaii, and Northern would be Alaska.
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1) Most Hawaiians welcomed being part of America.\n2) Few still wanted independence, couldn't fight.\n3) More opportunities for growth and life improvement.\n4) Only a liberal Democrat would appologize unless directly recently involved.  Hawaii has universal forced  on employer healthcare IF one works full time...SO most people work 32 hours unless they own the place...unintended DRASTIC consequences...BUT sure looked GOOD on paper!
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maine and hawaii. :P~
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To say we stole California, Texas and Arizona I think is wrong. These states were given a chose to be apart of the u.s. . They chose to become part of the us.because they wanted freedom from the mexican goverment.
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Alaska is a state in the United States of America.  The president is George W. Bush, just like the other 49 states.  As of 2000, there were approximately 627,000 residents.  It is projected to be closer to 700,000 by the year 2010.
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Depending on what areas you are talking about, a large part of these lands were originally leased from the king of Hawaii at the same time as Pearl Harbor in 1887. Many like to focus on the  wrongs of the US but few take the time to research historyand see how many of the wrongs belong to the Hawaiian Monarchy.
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The total area of the United States (including the District of Columbia) is 9,629,047 sq km (3,717,796 sq mi), of which 1,593,440 sq km (615,230 sq mi) are in Alaska and 16,729 sq km (6459 sq mi) are in Hawaii. The total land area of the country is 9,158,918 sq km (3,536,278 sq mi). Inland, coastal, and Great Lakes bodies of water occupy 470,129 sq km (181,518 sq mi) of the total area. Measured along the parallel of latitude that passes through West Quoddy Head, Maine, the easternmost point in the United States, the maximum width of the conterminous 48 states is 4421 km (2747 mi). The maximum length measured from the vicinity of Brownsville, Texas, due north to the Canadian border is 2572 km (1598 mi). The boundaries of the United States extend along the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, along the Gulf of Mexico, and along land areas. The northern boundary is some 6420 km (some 3990 mi) long; the southern boundary, 3111 km (1933 mi); and the boundary between Alaska and Canada, some 2480 km (some 1540 mi). For the United States, the Atlantic coastline is 3330 km (2069 mi) long; the Pacific coastline, including Hawaii, 12,268 km (7623 mi); the Gulf of Mexico coastline, 2625 km (1631 mi); and the Arctic coastline of Alaska, 1706 km (1060 mi). Mount McKinley, or Denali (6194 m/20,320 ft), in Alaska, is the highest point in North America; Death Valley, a depression 86 m (282 ft) below sea level, in California, is the lowest point. The mean elevation of the United States is about 760 m (about 2500 ft) above sea level.
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Yes. It is how America became a country
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This is the area with 48 of the 50 states (Hawaii and Alaska are not part of this region).
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Gained Puerto Rico, Guam and Philippines. \nIndependence to Cuba.
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Here goes!!!\n\nIn March 1959, both houses of Congress passed the Admission Act and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed it into law. (The act excluded Palmyra Atoll, part of the Kingdom and Territory of Hawaiʻi, from the new state.) On June 27 of that year, a plebiscite was held asking residents of Hawaiʻi to vote on accepting the statehood bill. Hawaiʻi voted 17 to 1 to accept. On August 21, church bells throughout Honolulu were rung upon the proclamation that Hawaiʻi was the 50th state of the Union.
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Alaska was purchased for $7.2 million in 1867 ($134 million in 2005 dollars) from Russia.  It has been a wonderful purchase since it has provided so much oil for the USA.  It was not well received when it was purchased.  But in hindsight, it was a great purchase.
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Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, and several of the Pacific island territories/dependencies.
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That would be none but 38 states were joined before that and they are:\n\n 1. Delaware \n 2. Pennsylvania \n 3. New Jersey \n 4. Georgia \n 5. Connecticut \n 6. Massachusetts \n 7. Maryland  \n 8. South Carolina  \n 9. New Hampshire \n10. Virginia \n11. New York \n12. North Carolina \n13. Rhode Island \n14. Vermont \n15. Kentucky \n16. Tennessee \n17. Ohio \n18. Louisiana \n19. Indiana \n20. Mississippi \n21. Illinois \n22. Alabama \n23. Maine \n24. Missouri \n25. Arkansas \n26. Michigan \n27. Florida \n28. Texas \n29. Iowa \n30. Wisconsin \n31. California \n32. Minnesota \n33. Oregon \n34. Kansas \n35. West Virginia \n36. Nevada  \n37. Nebraska \n38. Colorado
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The following states were admitted to the union during Benjamin Harrison's term:\n\n    * North Dakota – 1889\n    * South Dakota – 1889\n    * Montana – 1889\n    * Washington – 1889\n    * Idaho – 1890\n    * Wyoming – 1890