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American GovernmentState and Local GovernmentNot part of the official USCIS test, extra practice only.
What year did Iowa become a state?
Answer:
1846
Why this is the correct answer
Iowa became a state on December 28, 1846, admitted during a period of rapid westward expansion following the Louisiana Purchase. Iowa entered as a free state, paired with Florida as a slave state under the compromise politics of the era.
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