Create a new input source with a system identifier. Applications may use setPublicId to include a public identifier as well, or setEncoding to specify the character encoding, if known. If the system identifier is a URL, it must be fully resolved (it may not be a relative URL).
The Minnesota territorial legislature voted to become a state and submitted their request to the US Congress, who accepted Minnesota as the 32nd state on May 11, 1858.
West Virginia and Nevada became states during the Civil War. Kansas became a state on January 29, 1861, after the secession began, but before the war started on April 12, 1861. West Virginia and Nevada became states during the Civil War. Kansas became a state on January 29, 1861, after the secession began, but <i><b>before</b></i> the war started on April 12, 1861.