• Admission to the Union is provided by the Admissions Clause of the United States Constitution in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1, which authorizes the...
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    into the Union Toledo War, 1835–36 boundary dispute between Ohio and the adjoining Michigan Territory, which delayed Michigan's admission to the Union Texas...
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    The California Statehood Act, officially An Act for the Admission of the State of California into the Union and also known as the California Admission...
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  • Look up admission in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Admission may refer to: "Admissions" (CSI: NY), an episode of CSI: NY Admissions (film), a 2011 short...
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    U.S. state (redirect from States of the USA)
    territory to organize a constitutional convention to write a state constitution as a step toward admission to the Union. Each act details the mechanism...
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  • reference to Oklahoma's admission to the Union in 1907. Developed by real estate firm Matteson Capital and architecture firm AO, Legends Tower would be the centerpiece...
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    present federal Union of states. Subsequent states are listed in the order of their admission to the Union, and the date given is the official establishment...
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    effect until 1793, two years after Vermont's admission to the Union. Under the Act "To Secure Freedom to All Persons Within This State," slavery was officially...
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    The bill would grant Washington, D.C., admission into the Union as a state (which would also make it the country's first and only city-state). The bill...
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    membership of the European Union (EU). Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy requested immediate admission under a "new special procedure", and the presidents...
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    linked the Maine and Missouri bills, making Maine admission a condition for Missouri entering the Union as a slave state. Senator Jesse B. Thomas of Illinois...
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    before the first European American settlement. Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later the Southwest Territory, before its admission to the...
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    to 51. Voters in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have both voted for statehood in referenda. As statehood candidates, their admission to the...
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    and the Founding of Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, 2014, page 264 Forbes, Charles Spooner (March 1902). "Vermont's Admission to the Union". The Vermonter...
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    became the third state to ratify the United States Constitution, which granted it admission to the Union, and it was the first state to ratify the U.S....
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    admission to the Union in 1886. The Olympic torch relay for the 2002 Winter Olympics passed through the arch. Because of its distinctive shape, the arch...
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    order to form a more perfect Union ..." Union, for the United States of America, is then repeated in such clauses as the Admission to the Union clause...
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  • commemorate the anniversary of the state's 1959 admission to the Union. It was first celebrated in 1969. Statehood bills for Hawaii were introduced into the U.S...
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  • gain admission to the bar whereas for solicitors there are distinct practising certificates. Becoming a lawyer is a widely varied process around the world...
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    Vermont's admission to the Union in 1791 and is largely based upon the 1777 Constitution of the Vermont Republic which was drafted at Windsor in the Old Constitution...
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    The largest enlargement of the European Union (EU), in terms of number of states and population, took place on 1 May 2004. The simultaneous accessions...
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  • Oregon Territory (category History of the Northwestern United States)
    state capital upon Oregon's admission to the Union. Originally inhabited by Native Americans, the region that became the Oregon Territory was explored...
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  • Lists of U.S. state topics (category States of the United States-related lists)
    of current U.S. state treasurers Date of admission – List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union Historical capitals – List of historical U...
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    unincorporated territory of the United States, admission into the Union as a state. The bill was originally introduced in the 116th Congress and was reintroduced...
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    the state's admission to the Union, with Arthur B. Langlie serving non-consecutive terms. Populist Party candidate John Rankin Rogers is the only non-Democratic...
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    in the Union, attached at once to the State. The act which consummated her admission into the Union was something more than a compact; it was the incorporation...
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    Partition and secession in California (category Proposed states and territories of the United States)
    into multiple states since its admission to the Union in 1850, including at least 27 significant proposals prior to the 21st century. In addition, there...
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    000 in 1900) when the area was a territory. Phoenix became the official state capital with Arizona's admission to the union in 1912. The House of Representatives...
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    seal. The shield is surrounded by 33 stars, representing Oregon's admission to the Union as the 33rd state. Below the shield is written 1859, the year...
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    History of Tennessee (category History of the Southern United States by state)
    Southwest Territory was the first Federal territory to present itself for admission to the Union, there was some uncertainty about how to proceed, and Congress...
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