Question

What inference can be drawn from the lack of US action in response to Japanese aggression against China in 1937

A-Americans supported the Japanese over the Chinese.
B- Americans did not believe Japan threatened them directly
C- do United States did not care about China
D- do United States depended on Japanese trade

Answer 1

c- do united states did not care about china

Answer 2

Answer: B. Americans did not believe Japan threatened them directly.

Prior to World War II, America had a foreign policy of non-intervention. This meant that they tended to act against a foreign power only when directly threatened.

In 1937, the Chinese and Japanese troops had a minor engagement in which aggression led them to engage in an undeclared war between the two countries. This was influential in the Japanese way of thinking that ultimately encouraged them to join the Axis. However, because the US did not believed Japan to be a direct threat, it did not take any action to address this aggression.