The correct answer for this question is "d. Selective Service and Allocation Act." The Selective Service and Allocation Act was established in 1942 by FDR to regulate the production and allocation of materials and fuel in the United States during WWII.
In Southeast Asia, Europeans encouraged rich local landlords to grow rice on the paddies that spanned the region's rivers. Southeast Asia is a very important cultivator for rice.
Banks are where most of the people's money is stored so they have a lot of money which they can choose to invest. If the government chooses to change something it can effect the money that the people trusted in the bank.
The answer is prior to 1942, the US pursued a defensive war in the pacific. This strategy failed, so, the US adopted the "island-hopping" strategy to overwhelm Japanese forces on islands. The battle that forced this new form of thinking was the Battle of Midway, in which the US began a counter-offensive campaign against Japan.
his failure to increase trade with the West Indies
