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America In World War I
Saying that “the world must be made safe for democracy,” President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress on April 2, 1917 to declare war on Germany. Congress voted ‘yes’ and America entered into the “Great War,” later called World War I.
Alaska: The Last Frontier
CAPITAL: Juneau JOINED UNION: January 3, 1959 STATE BIRD: Willow Ptarmigan STATE FLOWER: Forget-me-not MEANING OF STATE NAME: Based on Eskimo word “Alakshak” meaning “great lands” or “peninsula” 1992 POPULATION: 586,872 RANK FOR POPULATION: 48 LAND AREA: 570,373 square miles