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it was actually done to prevent a war, as weird as it may sound.
So no, it was most certainly not done to enter a war.
I know what was the formal rhetoric, yet nobody can explain how grouping ships (that Japanese already knew about & their numbers didn't suddenly increase) in a very defenseless way helps intimidate anyone that does not come for a guided tour - which wasn't really needed as they intentionally posted detailed photos in papers & sent the seamen on vacation.
Not to mention that you can't intimidate someone with a bad tactical decision, this isn't a split second decision-making, all of it takes months of planning. And all the documented warnings within the military were just ignored as false positives.
And US didn't really give a damn about China at that time (no political pressure either), but they owned quite a lot of debt and other interests towards various European countries. But the public was still full of veterans from previous wars & Nazi propaganda was hitting strong in US (eg rich manufacturers & exporters like Ford, but also "common folk" responded to their, em, "racial theories").
But above all that, everytime since the civil war when US arms industry didn't get a big hike in spending seemingly extremely ~~provoked~~ preventable attacks happen that saway the public option in a big way for the next two decades (then hippies come, get criminalized, a few years of peace, etc).
So in about 10 years or so US will rig live nukes (in a random city like Las Vegas) & connect them to a big red bottom, pay Hollywood to make action movies about it ... then sad times of money over mass tragedy continue.
Edit: Oh, my bad, US did go beyond politics & actively blockaded resources to Japan.