Question

1. What action did Japan take in order to gain power in the Pacific?

2. Why did FDR believe the United States Congress should declare war on Japan?

Answer 1

1. Japan invaded China and other parts of Asia, annexed territories like Manchuria and Korea, and signed an alliance with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy to gain power in the Pacific.
2. FDR believed that Japan's surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor was a deliberate act of aggression that threatened American national security, and that the only way to protect American interests was to take military action by declaring war on Japan.

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