The assassination of President Garfiled in 1881 by a person who had been denied a government job helped spur the A. movement for civil service reform B. reintroduction of the death penalty C. rise of the Ku Klux Klan D. Passage of immigration restriction legislation

the rise of the ku kluk Klan was spurred

i'd assume india mainly because of how isolated japan was.   plus it is a whole china away.

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.