Ix In the late 1930s'and early 1940s, United States increased defense expenditures, instituted the peacetime draft, and passed the Lend-Lease Act, indicating that the government A planned to declare war on Japan B was planning to defend Pearl Harbor. C was concerned about growing German domination of Europe D had fully recovered from the effects of the Great Depression.

The correct answer is: was concerned about growing German domination of Europe.