The united states responded to japanese aggression in the pacific with the 1940 american neutrality act. what did this act attempt to do? select one:
a. maintain american diplomatic relations with both the chinese and japanese
b. encourage greater economic cooperation with japan in the hopes of deterring further aggression
c. applying economic pressure to japan to deter military expansion
d. enable american arms build up under the deceiving title of neutrality

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abraham lincoln  (february 12, 1809  – april 15, 1865) was an american statesman, politician, and lawyer who served as the 16th  president of the united states  from 1861 until  his assassination  in april 1865. lincoln led the nation through the  american civil war, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.[2][3]  he preserved the  union,  abolished slavery, strengthened the  federal government, and modernized  the u.s. economy.