Book (Traditions and Encounter) p. 609 For one thing, U.S. capital investments for nascent industries and other financial concerns during the 1920s could not be maintained during this disastrous economic downturn.
Answer: D. US investment money was cut off, causing large economic downturns.
Japan was part of the Axis Power, against the United States and allied with Germany and Italy. That is one reason why they attacked; because they were in opposite sides of the war.