The correct answer is more prosperous and less democratic
Japanese conquests led to a wave of euphoria and enthusiasm in Japan, which, coupled with extensive indoctrination, developed a strong nationalism that defended imperialist ambitions. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, there was an extreme right-wing authoritarian regime in Japan that fueled nationalist militarism and Japanese imperialism.
This nationalist and imperialist discourse in Japan claimed that the mission in China was unique and exclusively civilizing, but it is known that Japanese interests were motivated by economic issues. During the 1930s, two incidents led to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria (northeastern China) and, finally, the start of the war.
The federal government supported the interests of big businesses over the interests of labor unions.
Unions became popular during the Gilded Age in the US during an industrial boom. The government supported the owners of business during this period and practiced free market capitalism.
During the Gilded Age, the government took a policy of free-market or laissez-faire capitalism. This means the government did not interfere or create regulation of the economic system. They tended to support the practices of corporations because they were wealthy and had power. Unions demanded higher wages, government regulation, and better working conditions. All of these demands went against the thinking of the time and would have cost the government money and the favor of the powerful in the country.
It opened up a second front in the war, which lead ultimately to the defeat of nazi Germany.
I had this question on my test but I don’t remember lol but use Socratic
Mens rea is Latin for guilty mind.