In 1952 there were 48 states in the US. They are sometimes referred to now as the 'lower 48', if the matter at hand is relevant only to the contiguous states below Canada. Like Hawaii, Alaska does not border any of the other states. The last two states to join the union were Alaska and Hawaii, both of which joined in 1959.
Union simply means one nation under the branch of the United States of America, and does not necessarily imply a reference to the states which had not seceded during the US Civil War. In 1928, there were 45 states in the United States of America.
hawaii hi Hawaii is not part of the 48 states.
There were 48 states in 1914
48
Idaho
minnesota
Arizona in 1912.
Woodrow Wilson had that distinction. The last two of the 48 states, New Mexico and Arizona, were admitted in 1912 before the election, so the 1912 election was the first in which 48 states voted.
Woodrow Wilson
48 (last of the contiguous states)
It's called the last frontier because of its distance from the other states in North America and its also because its not fully explored yet.
In 1952 there were 48 states in the US. They are sometimes referred to now as the 'lower 48', if the matter at hand is relevant only to the contiguous states below Canada. Like Hawaii, Alaska does not border any of the other states. The last two states to join the union were Alaska and Hawaii, both of which joined in 1959.
In 1955 the United States had 48 states. Its last two states, Alaska and Hawaii, would be added in 1959.
there were 48 states. we bought Alaska in 1948.
Kate Ramsey
There were 46 states and Oklahoma wasn the last to enter in 1907.