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What inference can be drawn from the lack of U.S. 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. The United States did not care about China. d. The United States depended on Japanese trade.

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b. Americans did not believe Japan threatened them directly.

Explanation: Strong isolationist sentiment and the belief that the fighting in Asia did not pose an immediate danger to U.S. security or interests led to limited government action (diplomatic protests and economic measures later), rather than intervention on China’s behalf.