USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

[SOURCES]
What world leader said these famous words on December 7, 1941:“a date that will live in infamy.”

(A) Winston Churchill-Requesting U.S. military & economic aid

(B) Dwight Eisenhower-Announcing the D-Day invasion of France

(C) Joseph Stalin-Proclaiming Russia’s decisive victory at Stanlingrad

(D) ** Franklin D. Roosevelt-Asking Congress to declare war on Japan

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -In the early afternoon of December 7, 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt was just finishing lunch in his oval study on the second floor of the White House, preparing to work on his stamp album, when his telephone rang.

Concept note-2: -On December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt delivered this “Day of Infamy Speech.” Immediately afterward, Congress declared war, and the United States entered World War II.

Concept note-3: -On this date, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, addressing the nation in a Joint Session in the House Chamber, asked Congress to declare war against Japan in response to the surprise attack against American naval facilities in and around Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a day earlier.

Concept note-4: -U.S. Congress Joint Resolution signed by President Roosevelt on December 8, 1941 at 4:10 p.m., Public Law 77-328, 55 STAT 795, which declared war on Japan.