USA CITIZENSHIP TEST
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Washington & California
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Hawaii & Alaska
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Alaska & Hawaii
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Texas & Alaska
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Detailed explanation-1: -1959: Alaska and Hawaii admitted, respectively, as the 49th and 50th states of the Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are fifty (50) states and Washington D.C.The last two states to join the Union were Alaska (49th) and Hawaii (50th). Both joined in 1959.
Detailed explanation-3: -Within the span of a year, the “Really great 48” officially became the “Nifty 50” states with the admission of Alaska and Hawaii on Jan. 3 and Aug. 21, respectively.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Admission Act was enacted on March 18, 1959, by Congress, and President Dwight D. Eisenhower then signed a proclamation naming Hawaii as the 50th state on August 21, 1959.
Detailed explanation-5: -On January 3, 1959, President Eisenhower signs a special proclamation admitting the territory of Alaska into the Union as the 49th and largest state. Indigenous peoples inhabited the region that would become Alaska for centuries.