The US gained Alaska in 1867.
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I think it was Hawaii.
The Hawaii territory
One has gained electrons and the other has lost electrons
Philippines: The US took over the island. After years of fighting the US gained control. Hawaii: The US gained control of Hawaii. American land owners successfully
False, the purchase of Alaska was made in 1867.
They became states in the same year of 1959. Both had reached the population where they could become a state.
It Gained Alaska
There was no point in time where Alaska gained independence. The United States bought Alaska from Russia in 1867, and it became a territory of the US. On January 3, 1959, Alaska was granted statehood.
Alaska... the United States purchased the Alaskan territory from Russia in 1867. It became a state in 1959.Hawaii... the United States colonized it after previous colonies like the British (formerly Hawaii was called the Sandwich Islands, after the Earl of Sandwich). Annexation discussions began in the 1800s, finally annexed in 1898. By many accounts the existing Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown by Americans in order to help insure annexation. Hawaii US became a state in 1959-amid both approval and (somewhat ongoing) protests by indigenous people.Puerto Rico is not a state, rather a "US protectorate" or "unincorporated territory ". The 1917 Jones-Shafroth Act gave Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship, and signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on March 2, 1917.
The US gained 20 percent in expansion in buying Alaska from Russia in 1867.