Ohio (1803), Louisiana (1812), Indiana (1816), Mississippi (1817),
Illinois (1818), Alabama (1819), Maine (1820), Missouri (1821), Arkansas
(1836), Michigan (1837), Texas and Florida (1845), Iowa (1846), and
Wisconsin (1848) were all admitted between 1803 and 1848
General Douglas MacArthur used this method of "island-hopping," also called leapfrogging in his strategy to <span>regain the </span>Philippines<span> from </span><span>Japanese occupation.</span>
The settlers where mostly Protestant(s)
Allies had to fight a two-front war because they were
fighting the Germans in Europe and Africa while they had to contend with the
Japanese in Asia. They had to distribute
their resources evenly to maintain the fight in these fronts. Fortunately, the Russians fought Germany in East
while the Allies made a push to Germany after D-Day.
