The answer you’re looking for I believe, is Commerce.
Answer: America had placed an embargo on Japan due to their over achieving power and took over most of the South Pacific islands. Japan was wanting to upward/increase its oil for its war effort and saw the Pacific Fleet of the United States as its biggest threat.
A couple of weeks before the Battle of New Orleans, the U.S. and British governments had negotiated and signed a peace treaty that put an effective end to the war between the two countries. Given that news from Europe took about a month to reach the U.S., both the U.S. soldiers led by General Andrew Jackson and the Red Coats led by General Sir Edward Pakenham was a pointless confrontation. A few weeks after the resounding U.S. victory (only 13 men were killed on the U.S. side and 285 on the British side), Jackson and his men got news of the peace treaty signed before their feat of arms.
Is there a passage I could read to answer it?
Answer: They used the excuse that since Hitler made girls wear skirts that were longer that made him a religious person.
