loughery111
Banned
I don't think it would have until the 70's myself, afterall their's historically never been that much of a rush, and given the Baja California peninsula* is'nt exactly a land of fertility and promise it would take awhile for it to get to the population required for statehood (at the time probably 600,000 atleast).
*The Baja California Territory was'nt split in two until 1931, so the United States would be getting the whole thing.
Yes, but Wyoming was admitted at a different time, and in general it was'nt the norm.
The circumstances under which Hawaii and Alaska were admitted were probably not normal; the US government wanted to deny the Soviets a propaganda coup by ensuring that all the major territories of the US were integrated fully, IIRC. Any such rationale would almost certainly include Baja California ITTL.