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No single person has this power, it has to be passed through congress and can possibly be vetoed by the president (sent back, denied) then if the congress passes it through a second time then the territory, colony, or area will become a state.
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Who holds the power to admit new states to the union?
Congress makes the rules to admit a new state into the Union of the United States. This is a power that is provided by the US Constitution.
Who has the power admit new states to the Union?
Congress can admit new states into the union.
What number is Alaska to admit the union?
49th State.
To allow a territory to become a state was to what it to the union?
admit
What law tells how territoy can become a state?
Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution gives Congress the power to admit a state or territory, or to permit it to secede from the union. Congress does so by passing a law admitting the state. There was a law passed to admit Alaska and one to admit Hawaii.
The last continental 48 state to admit to the union?
Utah
What year did Tennnessee admit to union?
Tennessee was admitted into the Union on June 1, 1796 becoming the 16th state to join the Union.
What is the source of power to admit new states into the union?
the united states congress The source of power for the United States Congress to admit new states into the Union is Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1, which states: "New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected withing the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State formed by the Junction of two or more states, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress."
What is the branch that holds the power to admit states to the Union?
Congress. There is a constitutional process that is laid out in the constitution.
What does this mean Abraham Lincoln was in such a rush to admit the Battle Born State into the Union that he received its state constitution in what unusual way?
by telegraph
Why did the US not want to admit Texas to the union?
It would have to enter as a slave state. And they didn't want a war with Texas and Mexico.
Did Missouri admit to the union in 1821?
Yes, Missouri was admitted to the United States in 1821. Missouri was the 24th state out of the 50 states we now have.
