"Admission." States are admitted to the Union.
Territories can be annexed (e.g. Hawai'i Territory) or purchased (e.g. Louisiana Territory) or ceded (e.g. Mexican Cession).
There are no US state names that are palindromes.
Virginia has been called that, since 8 US presidents were born in Virginia, all before 1860.
It is comparable to the size of the state of California.
Kansas is the Sunflower State.
The "First State " of the US is thought to be Delaware, because it was the first state that ratiied the new US Constitution. Delaware's state motto is "The First State."
Why could the entire US also be called a state?
Why could the entire US also be called a state?
Alabama
New York is called the Empire State. not the US.
Idahoer
A state, because it is a state, is inside the US. There are two states that are non-contiguous.
The US state of South Dakota has a town called Tea.
There is a state in the USA called Illinois. It is located in the Midwest and has the 5th highest population of all the US states. It is also the 25th largest state.
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Governor
Missouri