HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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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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Detailed explanation-1: -In July 1941, the Japanese began to push southward, taking over French military bases in Indochina. Seized Manchuria (China) to get resources. The US protested this aggression by cutting off trade with Japan. The embargoed goods included oil which Japan needed to fuel its war machine.
Detailed explanation-2: -Faced with serious shortages as a result of the embargo, unable to retreat, and convinced that the U.S. officials opposed further negotiations, Japan’s leaders came to the conclusion that they had to act swiftly.
Detailed explanation-3: -One week later Roosevelt embargoed the export of such grades of oil as still were in commercial flow to Japan.”[2] The British and the Dutch followed suit, embargoing exports to Japan from their colonies in southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-4: -The answer is US Froze Japan’s assets and exports. Japan was actually angry for the reason that although back then the US hasn’t been formally involved in the war, that action actually transport a huge disadvantages from the Japanese in their war. Consequently, they criticized the US Naval Base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.