What did the united states do to provoke Japan? Knowing that the united states and Japan do not have a good relationship may have caused the attack on Pearl Harbor. “An old order . . . is now crumbling” (Doc A). This quote was from the Japanese novel The Way of the Subjects. It states how serious and focused Japan was about the plans they wanted. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Japan had two main reasons why they attacked pearl Harbor: one was United States oil, and two was the United States expansion.
One reason why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor is because of the United states embargo on oil, steel ,and iron. The united states put an embargo on resources and materials that Japan needed. An embargo means stop all trade. America freezing all Japanese assets and having Japan “knuckle under to the Americans or break out of the embargo ring” is a challenge that they must face. The U.S. economic sanctions Against Japan and its Aid to china during the Sino-Japanese War, Suzuki Akira, April, 1986. (Doc D) …show more content…
Japan knowing that they need a expansion will do anything in power to get it. Japanese Expansion, Japan (Doc B) Japan purchased acquisitions 1937- 1940 in Peking, they purchased islands and expand lands. With the purchase Japan had lots of land from the expansion and they had a powerful army, the expansion of Japanese in East Asia. Hideki Tojo, the Prime Minister and War Minister of Japan, Imperial conference, November 5, 1941 (Doc E prim) “The united states does not welcome, Japan says” this means that japan will do anything to get revenge on the United States and that they will always find a way to get their land expansion and revenge on them. Since the U.S and Japan attacked, now there is no good connection or relationship between the United States and Japan. That is why Japan attacked Pearl