RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Nevada, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana & Washington
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Nevada, New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey
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North Carolina & South Carolina
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California
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Detailed explanation-1: -States joined the Union at a relatively fast pace: California became a state in 1850 and Oregon in 1859, Nevada in 1864, Nebraska in 1867, Colorado in 1876, South and North Dakota, Montana, and Washington in 1889, Wyoming and Idaho in 1890, and Utah in 1896.
Detailed explanation-2: -The annexation of the Republic of Texas in 1845 led directly to the Mexican–American War, after which the victorious United States obtained the northern half of Mexico’s territory, including what was quickly made the state of California.
Detailed explanation-3: -Referred to as “the land of fertility and progress, ” Oklahoma enters into statehood November 16, 1907, becoming the country’s 46th state. Two other western territories preceded Oklahoma’s statehood, with Wyoming joining the Union on July 10, 1890, and Utah being admitted on January 4, 1896.
Detailed explanation-4: -South Dakota was admitted to the Union simultaneously with North Dakota on November 2, 1889, as the 39th and 40th states, with generally the same boundary as the present state. Data for the legally established state of South Dakota are available beginning with the 1890 census.