AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Additional Natural Resources
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Control of the Suez Canal
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Tibet
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additional territories
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Detailed explanation-1: -Faced with severe shortages of oil and other natural resources and driven by the ambition to displace the United States as the dominant Pacific power, Japan decided to attack the United States and British forces in Asia and seize the resources of Southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Without imports of steel and oil, the Japanese military could not fight for long. Without oil, the navy would not be able to move after it had exhausted its six-month reserve. Roosevelt hoped that this economic pressure would force Japan to end its military expansion in East Asia.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Japanese declared that they, like the Germans, were a “have not” people, poorer than the great Western powers in petroleum, coal, iron, copper, bauxite, and manganese.
Detailed explanation-4: -All of Japan’s national interests at the time led to it pursuing a foreign policy of expansionism, where Japan felt it needed more land and control over a wider area to meet its goals and fulfill its national interests. For instance, Japan was a resource poor country with a growing economy and large population.