The Kalahari Desert is a large arid to semi-arid sandy area in southern Kgalagadi Africa extending 900,000 kmÂ² (362,500 sq. mi.), covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa. It has huge tracts of excellent grazing after good rains.
U.S. enters World War I. On April 6, 1917, two days after the U.S. Senate votes 82 to 6 to declare war against Germany, the U.S. House of Representatives endorses the decision by a vote of 373 to 50, and the United States formally enters the First World War. When World War I erupted in 1914,...
AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR FOCUS QUESTION: How did the United States get involved in World War I? A. War broke out in Europe in 1914 1. The war dealt a severe blow to the optimism and self-confidence of Western civilization B. Neutrality and Preparedness 1.