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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 ...
List of Mexico–United States border crossings. Traffic approaching the San Ysidro, San Diego border inspection station. There are 50 places where people can cross the Mexico–United States border. Several large border cities have multiple crossings, often including one or more that bypass the center of the city and are designated for truck ...
Admission to the Union is provided by the Admissions Clause of the United States Constitution in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1, which authorizes the United States Congress to admit new states into the Union beyond the thirteen states that already existed when the Constitution came into effect. The Constitution went into effect on June 21 ...
A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from the map. The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states ...
The United States Border Patrol operates 71 traffic checkpoints, including 33 permanent traffic checkpoints, near the Mexico–United States border. [1][2] The stated primary purpose of these inspection stations is to deter illegal immigration and smuggling activities. After the September 11 attacks in 2001, they took on the additional role of ...
U.S. states by net international migration (From April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022) National rank State Total net international migration (2020–2022) [1] Net international migration rate per 1,000 inhabitants — United States: 1,406,845 4.24 1 Florida: 175,333 8.14 2 California: 171,223 4.33 3 Texas: 164,062 5.63 4 New York: 108,036 5.35 5 ...
1937 poster celebrating the United States' first foreign trade zone, Staten Island In the United States, a foreign-trade zone (FTZ) is a geographical area, in (or adjacent to) a United States Port of Entry, where commercial merchandise, both domestic and foreign, receives the same Customs treatment it would if it were outside the commerce of the United States.
California. 42°00′34″N 122°22′41″W / 42.00944°N 122.37806°W / 42.00944; -122.37806. Oregon border northeast of Hornbrook. 32°32′04″N 117°07′26″W / 32.53444°N 117.12389°W / 32.53444; -117.12389. Baja California border where it meets the Pacific Ocean in Border Field State Park.