HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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joined forces with Great Britain and Italy
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sent military aid to China
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increased the sale of steel in Asia
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stopped most trade with Japan
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Detailed explanation-1: -President Franklin Delano Roosevelt made one of those escalating moves in July 1940 when he cut off shipments of scrap iron, steel, and aviation fuel to Japan even as he allowed American oil to continue flowing to the empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -The complete U.S. oil embargo reduced the Japanese options to two: seize Southeast Asia before its existing stocks of strategic materials were depleted or submission to American demands.
Detailed explanation-3: -On September 26, 1940, the U.S. banned the export of iron and steel but not oil to Japan in response to Japan’s moves in Indochina (Vietnam). Japan formally signed the Tripartite Pact with Hitler and Mussolini the next day, September 27, 1940.
Detailed explanation-4: -It was not until the battle of Midway that the Allies were able to halt Japan’s expansion. The country had over-extended itself, making it impossible to defend all of its newly claimed territory.