Can you name the states and territories under US sovereignty since 1788?

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TypeDates
StateDecember 14, 1819
StateJanuary 3, 1959
StateFebruary 14, 1912
StateJune 15, 1836
StateSeptember 9, 1850
StateAugust 1, 1876
StateJanuary 9, 1788
StateDecember 7, 1787
StateMarch 3, 1845
StateJanuary 2, 1788
StateAugust 21, 1959
StateJuly 3, 1890
StateDecember 3, 1818
StateDecember 11, 1816
StateDecember 28, 1846
StateJanuary 29, 1861
StateJune 1, 1792
StateApril 30, 1812
StateMarch 15, 1820
StateApril 28, 1788
StateFebruary 6, 1788
StateJanuary 26, 1837
StateMay 11, 1858
StateDecember 10, 1817
StateAugust 10, 1821
StateNovember 8, 1889
TypeDates
StateMarch 1, 1867
StateOctober 31, 1864
StateJune 21, 1788
StateDecember 18, 1787
StateJanuary 6, 1912
StateJuly 26, 1788
StateNovember 21, 1789
StateNovember 2, 1889
StateMarch 1, 1803
StateNovember 16, 1907
StateFebruary 14, 1859
StateDecember 12, 1787
StateMay 29, 1790
StateMay 23, 1788
StateNovember 2, 1889
StateJune 1, 1796
StateDecember 29, 1845
StateJanuary 4, 1896
StateMarch 4, 1791
StateJune 25, 1788
StateNovember 11, 1889
StateJune 20, 1863
StateMay 29, 1848
StateJuly 10, 1890
Federal DistrictJuly 16, 1790
Former Inc. Territory1787–1803
TypeDates
Former Inc. Territory1790–1796
Former Inc. Territory1798–1817
Former Inc. Territory1800–1816
Former Inc. Territory1804–1812
Former Inc. Territory1805–1837
Former Inc. Territory1805–1812
Former Inc. Territory1809–1818
Former Inc. Territory1817–1819
Former Inc. Territory1819–1836
Former Inc. Territory1822–1845
Former Inc. Territory1836–1848
Former Inc. Territory1838–1846
Former Inc. Territory1848–1859
Former Inc. Territory1849–1858
Former Inc. Territory1850–1912
Former Inc. Territory1850–1896
Former Inc. Territory1853–1889
Former Inc. Territory1854–1861
Former Inc. Territory1854–1867
Former Inc. Territory1861–1876
Former Inc. Territory1861–1864
Former Inc. Territory1861–1889
Former Inc. Territory1863–1912
Former Inc. Territory1863–1890
Former Inc. Territory1864–1889
Former Inc. Territory1868–1890
TypeDates
Former Inc. Territory1889–1907
Former Inc. Territory1900–1959
Former Inc. Territory1912–1959
Incorporated Territory0
Unincorporated Territory1900
Unincorporated Territory1898
Unincorporated Territory1978
Unincorporated Territory1898
Unincorporated Territory1927
Unincorporated Territory0
Unincorporated Territory0
Unincorporated Territory0
Unincorporated Territory0
Unincorporated Territory0
Unincorporated Territory0
Unincorporated Territory0
Unincorporated Territory0
Unincorporated Territory0
Unincorporated Territory0
Former Uninc. Territory? – 1979
Former Uninc. Territory1903–79
Former Uninc. Territory1914–71
Former Uninc. Territory1856–1981
Former Uninc. Territory1869–1981
Former Uninc. Territory?–1981
Former Uninc. Territory1863–1972
TypeDates
Former Uninc. Territory1902–35
Former Uninc. Territory1935–46
Former Uninc. Territory?–1979
Occupied Area1944–1945
Occupied Area1918–1921
Occupied Area1952–1972
Occupied Area1945–1968
Occupied Area1945–1968
Occupied Area1945–1955
Occupied Area1945–1990
Occupied Area1945–1949
Occupied Area2003-2008
Occupied Area1914
Occupied Country1941–1945
Occupied Country1941–1946
Occupied Country1945–1952
Occupied Country1945–1948
Occupied Country2003–2004
Occupied Country1899–1902
Occupied Country1912-1933
Occupied Country1915-1934
Occupied Country1916-1924
Compact of Free Association1947-1986
Compact of Free Association1947-1986
Compact of Free Association1947-1994
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Historical US Territories Quiz

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