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| Louisiana | | Admited to the United States as the 18th state on April 30, 1812, Louisiana later seceeded from the Union on January 26, 1861 and joined the Confederacy. The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, which declared that separate but equal facilities were equal, was decided based upon a Louisiana case, and the state maintained a series of "Jim Crow" laws for decades. The last of these laws was abolished in 1972, and today Louisiana is a growing economy of tourism and extensive natural resources. |
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