The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase...the actual borders of each state had been established at different times later on....but those 2 treaties established the national borders.
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Alaska and Hawaii. Alaska borders Canada. Hawaii is a group of islands located in the Pacific.
Technically, Canada as it borders Alaska to the east. However, the Atlantic Ocean is to the east of the Contiguous US (Lower 48).
They are Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California.(Alaska is continental, but it is not contiguous with the "lower 48.")
Technically, Canada as it borders Alaska to the east. However, the Atlantic Ocean is to the east of the Contiguous US (Lower 48).
Contiguous means that their borders are touching the continental US. Alaska and Hawaii do not touch the mainland.
Yes Wisconsin is part of the lower 48.
(1853) U.S. purchase of land from Mexico that included the southern parts of present-day Arizona and New Mexico; set the current borders of the contiguous United States (the U.S. states, minus Hawaii, Alaska, and commonwealth of Puerto Rico)
There are 50 states in the United States.
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"The Lower 48" is a term often used to refer to the contiguous 48 states of the USA - excluding Alaska and Hawaii. The "lower" part is in reference to the fact that Alaska is much further north.
No countries border Louisiana. Louisiana is one of the 50 states in the United States of America, and one of the 48 contiguous states in the "Lower 48" (meaning it is next to other US States that all share borders with each other).