USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -This prompted Roosevelt to freeze all Japanese assets in the United States on July 26, 1941, which effectively cut off Japan’s access to US oil.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although this did not lead to an immediate embargo, it meant that the Roosevelt Administration could now restrict the flow of military supplies into Japan and use this as leverage to force Japan to halt its aggression in China.

Detailed explanation-4: -Roosevelt, pushed by outraged public opinion, embargoed the export to Japan of various goods of military value, beginning with a “moral embargo” against the sale of airplanes and engines, then extended to an actual prohibition against the export of iron and scrap metal and aviation gasoline of 87 octane and higher.