In North Africa, muslim influence at the time was quite established. This region of the world was under muslim influence almost since the start of the religion itself. For that reason, there were a lot of muslim characteristics in the culture of the tribes and civilizations that lived in that area.
Kashmir is where the conflicts have most commonly occurred.
Iron and steel--by the late 19th century the US became the world leader in iron ore and steel exports.
Access to natural resources and a lot of labor, the US was able to access iron ore which was a hot commodity and necessary for creating steel. If countries had the ability to create steel then they would just buy the iron ore. If they could not produce steel, then US Steel was the export for them. Steel industries dominated states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana.
1)Germans sinking US merchant ships taking supplies to England
2)Japan's unreasonable demands on the United States (re- instating oil sales and dropping support of the Philipeenes and China)
3)German submarines beginning to shoot at US war ships
4)England and France are typically our allies so we were going to enter the war eventually anyway
5)Pearl Harbor was obviously why we entered the war.
