All recourses would be directed to the war effort on both fronts.
Answer:
I think the location of the mountain ranges in the U.S. has effected the settlement and development because of the weather. The weather affects the farming.
Explanation:
1. gulf of tonkin incident
2. truman doctrine
3.containment of communism
probably a little off but it'll lead you in the right direction.
(I was literally learning this a couple months ago and my memory is a little rusty)
I'm thinking that the answer would be that the traders brought Islam to India.