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Sharif Khan 3/27/17 WWII Review CH. 10 Hist. 102 Although FDR implemented an isolationist approach to running the country he contradictorily was preparing for the war that’s already been started between the Axis powers and Allies. When Japan began taking over China and the people of US began fearing the fascist social constructs that was spreading around the globe, FDR decided it was time that he’d intervene in the international conflict to prevent further declination of democracy across the globe. FDR decided to freeze Japanese assets in the US which upset the Japanese because the Japanese started suffering without the US products, this led Japan to lead an offensive against the US in the Pearl Harbor bombing. This outraged

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