Japan 1931-41 By Sophie_Lew 1929 Wallstreet crashes - start of global depression Period: 1930 to 1940 US practices isolationism Jan 7, 1932 US refuses to acknowledge/recognize Manchukuo May 15, 1932 May 15 Incident 1933 Japan's Ministry of Education - nationalistic indoctrination 1933 Roosevelt inaugurated 1933 Germany recognizes Manchukuo 1935 First Neutrality Act 1936 Japanese Naval Program 1936 Second Neutrality Act 1936 Anti-Comintern Pact between Japan and Germany 1937 Second Sino-Japanese War began 1937 US rejects ten British appeals to support China with naval power. 1937 Roosevelt Quarantine Speech 1937 US sends representatives to Brussels Conference 1937 Third Neutrality Act Dec 12, 1937 Panay sunk by Japan 1938 Roosevelt exempted China from the Neutrality Acts and sent them millions of dollars and US fighter planes in support Nov 11, 1938 Konoe announces vision of "New Order in East Asia" 1939 "Moral Embargo" by US on Japanese trade 1939 US imposes trade embargo on Japan Aug 31, 1939 Hitler launches attack on Poland 1940 Tripartite Act 1941 Japan moves South, away from Soviets - US freezes Japanese assets in America 1941 US sends abundant resources to China