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Alaska's statehood was proclaimed on January 3, 1959, by President Dwight Eisenhower. Alaska, the largest state by area, was the 49th state to join the Union. The US purchased Alaska from Russia at a cost of 2 cents per hectare or $7.2 million in 1867.
The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6] ( A separate table is included below showing AoC ratification dates.)
This page provides a list of the 50 States in order of statehood. On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the union and on August 21, 1959, Hawaii was the last state to be admitted to the union. 1.
Alaska was granted U.S. statehood on January 3, 1959. In 1964, the massive "Good Friday earthquake" killed 131 people and leveled several villages. The 1968 discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay and the 1977 completion of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline led to an oil boom.
It was admitted as the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959. [8] Abundant natural resources have enabled Alaska— with one of the smallest state economies—to have one of the highest per capita incomes, with commercial fishing, and the extraction of natural gas and oil, dominating Alaska's economy.
Alaska, constituent state of the United States of America. It was admitted to the union as the 49th state on January 3, 1959. Alaska lies at the extreme northwest of the North American continent, and the Alaska Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the Western Hemisphere.
Alaska is the largest state admitted to the Union; It was acquired by the United States in 1867 and received statehood in 1959.
Alaska became the 49th state of the United States in 1959. By 1859, Alaska's control had been held numerous indigenous and non-indigenous colonizers, first by the Russian Empire, and settled by non-indigenous populations since at least 1730s or earlier.
Although President Eisenhower signed the Alaska Statehood Law on July 7, 1958, she officially became a state on January 3, 1959.
Alaska Purchase, acquisition in 1867 by the U.S. from Russia of 586,412 square miles of land at the northwestern tip of the North American continent, comprising the current U.S. state of Alaska. The $7.2 million purchase was orchestrated by U.S. Secretary of State William Seward and branded ‘Seward’s Folly.’.