On August 1, 1868, it was bought for $7,200,000.00.
Alaska became the 49th US state on January 3, 1959.
It became a US State in 1959 because it wanted representation as an equal part of the Nation.
Alaska IS part of the US.
Alaska is in the U.S. but the U.S. is not in alaska <><><> Alaska is PART of the US. It is a state.
ALASKA because some of alaska touchs the date line
The last 2 states added to the Union were Alaska and Hawaii.
Well, Alaska is part of the US. The treaty was, however, signed outside of Alaska.
Alaska is the westernmost U.S. state. Most of Alaska is in the Western Hemisphere. Hawaii is in the Eastern Hemisphere. The Aleutian Islands are part of Alaska. The 180th meridian (the International Date Line) crosses the Aleutian Islands making Alaska the westernmost U.S. state in the Western Hemisphere. Part of Alaska's Aleutian Islands are on the other side of the 180th meridian (the International Date Line). Therefore that part of Alaska is in the Eastern Hemisphere and makes Alaska also the easternmost U.S. state.
NO, Canada became a country hundreds of years before Alaska became a part of the United States of America.
Well, Alaska is part of the US. So it isn't far at all.
They did not exist. Alaska did not become a US State until 1959.
Alaska, Hawaii