When the leftist Mexican government seized American oil holdings in 1938, Franklin Roosevelt
a. worked out an acceptable settlement that avoided war.
b. took the issue to the League of Nations.
c. sent substantial American forces to the border of Mexico.
d. demanded immediate and full compensation for U.S. oil companies.
e. froze Mexican bank assets and seized Mexican property in the United States.
a
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