Because the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor so the Japanese wasn't trusted. Hope this helps :)
Answer:
When World War I broke out across Europe in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the United States would remain neutral, and many Americans supported this policy of nonintervention. However, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 Americans. Along with news of the Zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between Germany and Mexico, Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany. The U.S. officially entered the conflict on April 6, 1917.
Explanation:
The successful attempt to put the satellite Sputnik into space confirmed the fear of the US citizens that the Soviet Union was capable of potentially placing weapons into space (like missile-technology satellites, etc).
