Admission of Alabama as the 22nd U.S. state
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The Admission of Alabama as the 22nd U.S. state was the 1819 event in which Alabama joined the United States, transitioning from territorial status to full statehood.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. state admission
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ |
| appliesToFormerEntity | Alabama Territory of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritorialEntity | Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinYear | occurred after the 1819 Alabama constitutional convention ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
United States Statutes at Large
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
historical accounts of U.S. state admissions ⓘ |
| followedBy | Admission of Maine as the 23rd U.S. state NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Alabama Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| granted |
full political rights of statehood to Alabama
ⓘ
representation for Alabama in the U.S. Congress ⓘ |
| hasCause |
U.S. policy of territorial expansion and statehood
ⓘ
growth of population in Alabama Territory ⓘ |
| hasEffect | transition of Alabama from territory to statehood ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | contributed to the growth of the United States in the Deep South region ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn | political representation balance between free and slave states ⓘ |
| hasLegalConsequence | Alabama obtained equal footing with existing U.S. states ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
U.S. federalism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
statehood of Alabama ⓘ territorial organization of the United States ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Antebellum period in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | act of Congress ⓘ |
| legalStatusChangedFrom | U.S. organized incorporated territory ⓘ |
| legalStatusChangedTo | U.S. state ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfEvent | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeHeldBySignatory | President of the United States ⓘ |
| partOf |
admission of U.S. states
ⓘ
early 19th-century U.S. territorial expansion ⓘ expansion of the United States ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1819-12-14 ⓘ |
| previousEvent | Admission of Illinois as the 21st U.S. state ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Alabama constitutional convention of 1819 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaces | Alabama Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | Alabama became the 22nd state of the United States ⓘ |
| sequenceNumber | 22 ⓘ |
| signatory | James Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTimeOfStatehood | 1819-12-14 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| year | 1819 ⓘ |
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