| Term | Definition |
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| What did America consider to be Japanese aggression in Asia? (read page 778) | Americans considered the fact that the Japanese invaded China as a violation of the Open Door Policy and as a threat to the Phillipines, which the USA controlled. This was considered aggression on the part of the Japanese. |
| What is an embargo? Why did the USA place an embargo on Japan? | An embargo is a ban on trading with a certain country for different reasons. The USA placed an embargo on Japan because without the USA supplies, like airplane fuel, scrap iron, and steel, the Japanese war machine wouldn't be able to keep running. |
| Why did Japan feel she had to attack Pearl Harbor? | Japan felt it necessary to attack Pearl Harbor because they felt that the USA wouldn't compromise and lift the embargo, and that Americans were weak, with no stomach for fighting. The Japanese thought that they were outmatched by the USA, and wouldn't win a long war, so instead, they launched a surprise attack. |
| When did Congress declare war on Japan? What happened when the United States declared war on Japan? | The United States declared war on Japan in response to Pearl Harbor, because Americans felt that the act had to be avenged. Pearl Harbor served to unite America, and prompted even the isolationists to agree to war with Japan. |
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