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Texas
     The second largest state in the United States, Texas entered the Union as a slave state in 1846. With the outbreak of the Civil War, Texas joined the Confederacy in 1861. Following Reconstruction, Texas was readmitted to the Union in 1870. President George W. Bush hails from the state, having formerly been the governor.
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