Salient refers to something or someone that is prominent and more noticeable more than their surrounding. It sometimes more dependent on the context something or someone may be more salient in a particular context than other context.
If you cry at a funeral it is unlikely to be more noticiable because of the situation however if you do at an interview it would be more salient.
A salient feature refers to a feature that is more noticeable than everything else around it.
<h2>The following is the order of events that led to the United States joining World War II based on their occurrence:
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<u>Fascist dictators rise to power and World War I begins: </u>The rise of the Japanese Emperor who bore imperialistic ideology culminated in the early tensions between different nations which eventually resulted in World War I.
<u>The Lend-Lease Act provides Military aid to Allied Forces while the U.S. remains neutral:</u> The United States chose to stay out of the war but help its allies in the war by providing war equipment.
<u>Japan feels threatened and attacks the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii:</u> Owing to the help extended by the United States to its allies, Japan chooses to teach the US a lesson by bombing one of the naval bases of the US Navy.
<u>The United States enters into World War II:</u> After the attack on the US Naval base done by Japan, the US decides to participate in the war in order to bring it to an end.
