(A) ** They wanted to fight back after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
(B) They feared Germany.
(C) They wanted to help the Axis powers.
(D) They wanted to fight Germany after they invaded Poland.
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -On December 7, 1941, following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, the United States declared war on Japan. Three days later, after Germany and Italy declared war on it, the United States became fully engaged in the Second World War.
Concept note-2: -The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, ended the debate over American intervention in both the Pacific and European theaters of World War II. The day after the attack, Congress declared war on Imperial Japan with only a single dissenting vote.
Concept note-3: -The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was the impetus for the United States’ entrance into World War II. The United States declared war on Japan the following day, December 8. On December 11, Nazi Germany, Japan’s Axis ally, declared war on the United States.
Concept note-4: -But had the Japanese not attacked Pearl Harbor, the Pacific War would largely have evolved along similar lines. The US and Japan had been on a collision course for months if not years. With or without the attack on Pearl Harbor, the two countries were heading for war.
Concept note-5: -Goals for reconstruction were democratic self-government, economic stability, and peaceful Japanese co-existence with the community of nations. The United States allowed Japan to keep its emperor-Hirohito-after the war.