AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Question
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What motivated the U.S. to place embargoes on steel, iron, aviation fuel and Japanese assets in 1940-1941?
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Japan’s refusal to join the League of Nations
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aggressive actions by Japan in China and Southeast Asia
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fear of competition with Japan due to the Open Door Policy
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Japan’s failure to make reparation payments from World War I
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Responding to Japanese occupation of key airfields in Indochina (July 24) after an agreement between Japan and Vichy France, the U.S. froze Japanese assets on July 26, 1941, and on August 1, it established an embargo on oil and gasoline exports to Japan.
Detailed explanation-2: -On July 26, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt seizes all Japanese assets in the United States in retaliation for the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China.
Detailed explanation-3: -Roosevelt hoped that such sanctions would goad the Japanese into making a rash mistake by launching a war against the United States, which would bring in Germany because Japan and Germany were allied.
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