Less than "fifteen percent" of the Japanese people are farmers (in Japan, that is), due mostly to a large technological boom period and the fact that land is limited.
The Zimmerman telegraph allowed communication across farther distances, making a world war more feasible. This gave a certain amount of confidence and the U.S. joined the war.
The correct answer is B.
<u>This is part of a radio speech delivered by President Roosevelt in December 1940</u> (this was the second year in WWII, and the US was still neutral in the conflict).
He aimed to convince the audience about the necessity of ensuring a safe defense strategy for Great Britain, so that they were able to avoid the German invasion and resist the many attacks they were suffering.
Apart from the ideological fight against nazism, Roosevelt highlighted how if GB fell, the last territory in the Atlantic, before reaching the US, would have been conquered. That would pose a direct threat on the US. <u>Therefore, he supported the idea that GB should remain free at any cost. </u>
The Middle Passage refers to <span>Africans being packed onto ships and transported across the Atlantic to the West Indies</span>
