Why didn't the Hoover Administration respond more strongly to Japan's invasion of Manchuria?

AMany Americans believed Japan should be allowed to expand its power in Asia.
BBecause the United States was not a member of the League of Nations at the time, Hoover did not feel obligated to get involved.
CThe government saw the Japanese as a potential ally after World War I and did not want to break diplomatic ties.
DGiven the demands of the Depression, there was little money or will to support military action or a trade embargo.

The correct answer to this question is D) Given the demands of the Depression, there was little money or will to support military action or a trade embargo.

The Hoover Administration did not respond more strongly to Japan's invasion of Manchuria because, given the demands of the Depression, there was little money or will to support military action or a trade embargo.

On September 18, 1931, Japan invaded Manchuria after the Mukden Incident. President Hoover had not many alternatives to react to the invasion of Japan. Inside the United States, there were many economic problems due to the crash of the stock market that generated the Great Depression, so military action was not an option. The Japanese invasion ended in 1945 when the USSR and Mongolia launched the Manchurian Strategic Offensive.