Answer:
U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry opened American trade relations with Japan in 1854. President Theodore Roosevelt brokered a 1905 peace treaty in the Russo-Japanese War that was favorable to Japan. The two signed a Commerce and Navigation Treaty in 1911. Japan had also sided with the U.S., Great Britain, and France during World War I.
During that time, Japan also embarked on forming an empire modeled after the British Empire. Japan made no secret that it wanted economic control of the Asia-Pacific region.
By 1931, however, U.S.-Japanese relations had soured. Japan's civilian government, unable to cope with the strains of the global Great Depression, had given way to a militarist government. The new regime was prepared to strengthen Japan by forcibly annexing areas in the Asia-Pacific. It started with China.
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The roman empire persecuted christians
The correct answer is - the Fertile Crescent.
From what is discovered so far, the place where the first agricultural communities appeared and people started to settle permanently and develop as a civilization, is the so called Fertile Crescent in the Middle East. The fertile Crescent was located between and around (in very close proximity) the rivers of Tigris and Euphrates.
I personally say
7. B
8.B
9. B
10. C
I would say that using the armed forces without a declaration of war would be unconstitutional because I believe that a declaration of war would require consultation with the representatives of the people rather than just being an apparently arbitrary decision.
