The term island hopping was used during WWII when the US and its allied forces were going from island to island trying to regain and push out the Japanese forces in the islands from Guam, Tarawa, Guadalcanal, Palua, and others, including Okinawa. Most of the tiny atolls were bombed, however, the only way to take over them was to land forces and literally flush out the Japanese soldiers by fire. Chuuk in Micronesia was believed to be very difficult to land troops and it would take a great amount of forces to land, so the US and its allies blockaded the entire lagoon, starving the Japanese. That is one of the island hopping terms I have heard. Marine are notorious for these beach landings, many of their hero's were made in the island hopping campaign. <span />
Conventions are meeting that delegates have one famous convention is the constitutional convention. And if your talking about the fun conventions like the science ones or beauty conventions those are like party anyone is invited to
The correct answer is <span>C) desired reconciliation and peace between the North and South and a smooth transition back into the Union.
He explains this through the example that the Union would provide help and care for both those who fought against it and for the families of the soldiers that died during the war, which included southerners. He wanted reconciliation between the two factions. </span>
