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In addition to other reasons, Alaska was accepted as a state either last or second-last -- I remember in the same year as Hawaii but I don't know if one was off
by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
In addition to other reasons, Alaska was accepted as a state either last or second-last -- I remember in the same year as Hawaii but I don't know if one was officially accepted before the other. I suspect that history would cause people in older generations to think of Alaska when there's a state to arbitrarily drop from some calculation and younger generations would mimic that tendency.
- doakes 3y agoSecond to last: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union#List_of_U.S._states https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of...
- HWR_14 3y agoAlaska has been part of the US since just after the Civil War. It wasn't a state, but it was a recognized part of the US.