What was one reason Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931?

Question

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The Axis powers had agreed to divide up most of Europe and Asia.
Japan wanted to build an empire like the western colonial powers.
The Chinese provoked the war by attacking Japan directly.
Japan wanted to avenge its defeat from the First Sino-Japanese War.
What is an example of appeasement?
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Forbidding the sale of arms to any nation at war.
The US cutting off Japanese oil reserves.
Allowing Hitler to annex the Sudetenland as part of the Munich Agreement.
The signing of the Tripartite Agreement.
Why did France surrender to Germany?
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France was unable to fund its war effort.
France was overrun by the German Blitzkrieg.
The Japanese sabotaged the French defenses.
The French people favored Hitler.
Why did President Truman use the atomic bomb on Japan?
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Humanitarian reasons.
To end the war quickly and to avoid more American casualties.
To test the atomic bomb.
To kill Emperor Hirohito.

Answer 1

1. What was one reason Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931?
   Answer: Japan wanted to build an empire like the western colonial powers.

2. What is an example of appeasement?
   Answer: Allowing Hitler to annex the Sudetenland as part of the Munich Agreement.

3. Why did France surrender to Germany?
   Answer: France was overrun by the German Blitzkrieg.

4. Why did President Truman use the atomic bomb on Japan?
   Answer: To end the war quickly and to avoid more American casualties.