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The topic of Alberta separating from Canada is the subject of a number mainstream media reports. [37] [33] [34] The geopolitical analyst Peter Zeihan in his 2014 book The Accidental Superpower presented the reasons why he believed both Alberta and the U.S. would benefit from Alberta joining the United States as the 51st state.
The term "51st state" in American political discourse refers to the idea of adding a new state to the Union, either by granting statehood to one of the U.S. territories, splitting an existing state, admitting another country, or granting statehood to Washington, D.C. This would increase the number of states in the United States from 50 to 51.
Map showing the source languages/language families of state names. The fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the five inhabited U.S. territories, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands have taken their names from a wide variety of languages. The names of 24 states derive from indigenous languages of the Americas and one from Hawaiian.
California: Golden State. This state nickname dates back to the California Gold Rush, which began in January 1848 with the discovery of the precious metal at Sutter's Mill.
Some have shrugged off Trump’s suggestion Canada should “become the 51st state” as an old joke or mere posturing, while others dismiss it as a bad political idea, given Canada’s blue ...
Alberta Sheriff (fl. 1998–1999), also known as Alberta, a singer from Sierra Leone; Alberta Slim (1910–2005), Canadian country singer; Alberta Tinsley-Talabi (born 1954), American congresswoman from Michigan; Alberta Banner Turner (1909–2008), American professor and psychologist; Alberta Uitangcoy-Santos (1865–1953), Filipino woman's ...
The U.S. already has 50 states — and all of them are less of a mess than Canada or Britain. Opinion - Open auditions to be America’s 51st state Skip to main content
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]