THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The U.S.
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Britain
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Germany and Italy, led respectively by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, declared war on the United States, and the U.S. Congress responded in kind. Madison requested the declaration citing the Royal Navy’s impressment of U.S. citizens and violation of American neutrality during the Napoleonic Wars.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Congress responded, formally declaring a state of war with Germany in this Joint Resolution on December 11, 1941.