When was the last Southern state admitted to the union?

When was the last Southern state admitted to the union?

The last states to be added to the US were Alaska and Hawaii in 1959. The following table lists each state with the date it entered the union, and its status before they were states….States and Their Dates of Admission to the Union.

	8
State	South Carolina
Status Before Statehood	Colony
Date Admitted to the Union	May 23, 1788

What was the last state to be admitted to the Union?

Hawaii
On March 12, 1959, Congress approved Hawaii for admission to the union as the 50th state, marking the last time statehood was subject to votes in the House and Senate.

What was the last state to accept?

New Hampshire became the ninth state to accept the Constitution on June 21, 1788, which officially ended government under the Articles of Confederation. It was not until May 29, 1790, that the last state, Rhode Island, finally ratified the Constitution.

What were the last two states to join the union?

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.

Which was generally true of the last states to join the Confederacy?

Which was generally true of the last states to join the Confederacy? They bordered the Union states.

Who were the 11 Confederate states?

Eleven states with declarations of secession from the Union formed the main part of the CSA. They were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.

What was the 11th state?

New York
Dates of Succession to the Union

1	Delaware	1787
11	New York	1788
12	North Carolina	1789
13	Rhode Island	1790
14	Vermont	1791

What was the 12th state?

North Carolina
On November 21, 1789, the General Assembly, meeting in Fayetteville, ratified the United States Constitution, making North Carolina the twelfth state.

What is the 13th state?

Rhode Island
On this date, Rhode Island became the 13th state to enter the Union after ratifying the Constitution. Ironically, the new state’s late arrival came after the new federal government commenced on April 1, 1789, and the First Congress (1789–1791) had already passed 12 proposed amendments to the Constitution.

When was Alaska a state?

January 3, 1959
Alaska/Statehood granted

What is the 15th state?

Kentucky
List of U.S. states

State	Date (admitted or ratified)
15	Kentucky	June 1, 1792 (admitted)
16	Tennessee	June 1, 1796 (admitted)
17	Ohio	March 1, 1803 (admitted)
18	Louisiana	April 30, 1812 (admitted)

Was Kentucky part of the Confederacy?

On November 18, 200 delegates passed an Ordinance of Secession and established Confederate Kentucky; the following December it was admitted to the Confederacy as a 13th state.