WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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Lowered the morale of the American people.
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Had a huge confidence deflating impact on the morale of American people.
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The American people were upset but did not want to fight Japan.
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Angered the American people and encouraged them to fight.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The attack shocked the nation-and thrust the U.S. into a war it had managed to sidestep for years. The day after the attack, President Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan. Calling December 7 a “date which shall live in infamy, ” he told the U.S. Congress that the nation was in grave danger.
Detailed explanation-2: -Within an hour of Roosevelt’s speech, Congress declared war on the Empire of Japan amid outrage at the attack, the deaths of thousands of Americans, and Japan’s deception of the United States by engaging in diplomatic talks with the country during the entire event.
Detailed explanation-3: -Japan intended the attack as a preventive action. Its aim was to prevent the United States Pacific Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and those of the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -Japan attacked the U.S Pacific Fleet at its base at Pearl Harbor on the 7th of December 1941, but what led to that decision? Why did the Japanese attack the USA?-The answer is oil. Japan had been modernising its economy throughout the 20th century and wanted to build an empire of its own.