1912Arizona Admitted as a State

February 14: Arizona becomes the last state to be admitted t...
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🇺🇸 Texas Annexation by the United States

Texas annexed by the United States and becomes the 28th state.
Texas Annexation by the United States (1845)
United States HistoryManifest DestinyExpansionismTerritorial ExpansionSlaveryMexican-American WarTexas RevolutionStatehood
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🔪 McKinley Assassination and Roosevelt's Ascension

September 6: The assassination of William McKinley ushered in office Vice President Theodore Roosevelt after McKinley's death on September 14.
McKinley Assassination and Roosevelt's Ascension (1901)
PresidencyAssassinationProgressive EraPolitical ViolenceExecutive Branch
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🕵️ Bureau of Investigation Established

July 26: Founding of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI)
Bureau of Investigation Established (1908)
Law EnforcementFederal GovernmentJusticeCrimeFBI
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🇺🇸 Taft Inaugurated, Republican Party Divides Over Tariffs

March 4: William Howard Taft is inaugurated as President of the United States; deep divisions in his Republican Party over tariffs.
Taft Inaugurated, Republican Party Divides Over Tariffs (1909)
PresidencyTariffsEconomic Policy
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🇺🇸 Arizona Admitted as a State

February 14: Arizona becomes the last state to be admitted to the continental Union.
Arizona Admitted as a State (1912)
StatehoodAmerican WestUnited States HistoryExpansionismPolitical Geography
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🏞️ Alaska Admitted as the 49th US State

January 3: Admission of Alaska, the 49th state, into the United States.
Alaska Admitted as the 49th US State (1959)
AlaskaStatehoodAmerican ExpansionCold War
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