Question

How did the US respond to Japanese aggression/expansion in the Pacific?

question options:


all of these


placed total financial and oil embargo (trading ban)


moved pacific naval fleet to Hawaii for better positioning


supported China through Lend-Lease program

Answer 1

placed total financial and oil embargo(trading ban)

Answer 2

The United States responded to Japanese aggression in the pacific theater by placing total financial and oil embargo.

Tension among the international community had increase a lot soon after Japan stepped out from the League of Nations. Japan started to declare its superiority in the pacific theater through its expansive Navy. After declaring its superiority over Manchuria, Japan ordered its Navy to sail over the entire Hawaiian Island.  

As a condemnation to Japan US president Franklin D Roosevelt enacted economic laws against imperialist Japan. US controlled the export of airplane parts and oil to Japan. The action of FDR was formally known as “Moral Embargo”.