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  1. Nov 13, 2009 · On January 29, 1861, Kansas is admitted to the Union as free state. It was the 34th state to join the Union. The struggle between pro‑ and anti‑slave forces in Kansas was a major factor in the ...

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  2. When Kansas Became a State. Spring 1961 (Vol. 27, No. 1), pages 1 to 21. Transcribed by Jim Scheetz; digitized with permission of. the Kansas Historical Society. NOTE: The numbers in brackets refer to endnotes for this text. CLOUDS were looming ominously over the not so United States in January, 1861.

  3. Below is a list of all 50 states in the order they joined the Union. The first 13 became states in July 1776 when they agreed to the United States Declaration of Independence. Each of those 13 agreed to the first U.S. constitution, called the Articles of Confederation, which formed the first Union of States between 1777 and 1781. [1]

  4. Missouri Compromise, 1820 federal statute enabling the admission of Missouri (a slave state) and Maine (a free state) into the Union. Toledo War, 1835–36 boundary dispute between Ohio and the adjoining Michigan Territory, which delayed Michigan's admission to the Union. Texas annexation, the 1845 incorporation of the Republic of Texas into ...

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    State
    Date (admitted Or Ratified)
    Formed From
    1
    December 7, 1787[8] (ratified)
    2
    December 12, 1787[10] (ratified)
    Proprietary Province of Pennsylvania
    3
    December 18, 1787[11] (ratified)
    Crown Colony of New Jersey
    4
    January 2, 1788[8] (ratified)
    Crown Colony of Georgia
  5. Kansas became the 34th state admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861. The 1860s saw several important developments in the history of Kansas, including participation in the Civil War, the beginning of the cattle drives, the roots of Prohibition in Kansas (which would fully take hold in the 1880s), and the start of the Indian Wars on the western plains.

  6. www.history.com › topics › us-statesKansas - HISTORY

    Nov 9, 2009 · Kansas, situated on the American Great Plains, became the 34th state on January 29, 1861. ... whether the states would be admitted to the union as “free” or ”slave,” North and South ...

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  8. Aug 15, 2016 · Located in the historical records of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate at the Center for Legislative Archives are many documents that illustrate the important role Congress plays in the statehood process. On January 29, 1861 Kansas became the 34th state; 2011 marks its 150th anniversary. Here is a small sampling of the many congressional records that tell the story of ...

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