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Wisconsin was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848 becoming the 30th state to join the Union.
Nevada became the 36th US State on 31 October 1864.
Lewis and Clark were joined by 31 other permanent members of the expedition.
Tennessee was the fist southern state to rejoin the Union after the Civil War. Nebraska was the first new state to enter the United States of America. It is number 37, joining on March 1st, 1867.
Slavery officially became illegal with the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Congress passed it on January 31, 1865, and it was ratified on December 6, 1865. A great many slaves had already escaped or joined the Union army, so it can be said the Civil War actually ended slavery.