Politics: Here's how the map of the United States has changed in 200 years

When was your state accepted into the Union?

It didn't take long for the US to begin expanding westward after winning independence from British rule. By the mid-1800s, the country had pushed its territorial bounds across North America to the Pacific Ocean, and began dividing up territory into its present-day 50 states.

This video was originally published on January 26, 2016.

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