Since the ratification of the Constitution, the majority of new states have been added to the Union after being U.S. territories for long periods of time.

a. True
b. False

Historically, most new Congress-formed states were created from an organized U.S. integrated territory, created and governed by Congress in compliance with its plenary power under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution.

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