WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WORLD WAR II

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In response to Japan’s actions, President Roosevelt convinced Congress to ____
A
begin the research and development of the Atomic Bomb.
B
join the Japanese Army in making sure they were able to continue to fight China without any issues.
C
allow him to strengthen forces at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
D
restrict, or limit, the sale of strategic materials to other nations.
Explanation: 

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: -It was the final heyday of isolationism, and FDR had to tread lightly. And so he did what he could. He responded to Japanese aggression with economic warfare, placing an embargo on weapons sales to Japan in 1938, then broadening the embargo to include scrap iron and aviation fuel in 1940.

Detailed explanation-3: -Roosevelt made clear to Tokyo that Washington respected Japan’s control of Korea. He reached the Gentlemen’s Agreement of 1907, effectively ending Japanese immigration in the hope of cooling bad feelings.

Detailed explanation-4: -Roosevelt extended American recognition to the government of the Soviet Union, launched the Good Neighbor Policy to improve U.S. relations with Latin America, and backed reciprocal agreements to lower trade barriers between the U.S. and other countries.

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