No it was a Russian Colony before it was purchased by the US in 1867. After a long period of neglect as a ward of the US Army, the US Navy and the US Treasury Department it became a US Territiry in 1912.
NO, Canada became a country hundreds of years before Alaska became a part of the United States of America.
No , because Alaska was not a state.
A territory.
Arizona was the 48th US State and it got statehood 47 years before Alaska became the 49th US State Arizona became a State in the same year that Alaska became a formal US Territory.
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Alaska became the 49th US state on August 21, 1959. It had been a state for 52 years on that date in 2011.
Hawaii.
On January 3, 1959 Alaska became the 49th state admitted to the Union. Hawaii was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959.
Vermont became the 14th state in the Union on February 18, 1791. On January 3, 1959 Alaska became the 49th state admitted to the Union.
Alaska became a state in 1959
It was granted statehood on 3 January 1959. Alaska is a state and has been for a long time
It was bought from Russia by the United States in 1867, then it was a territory. It became a state in 1959.