WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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Convince Congress to declare war and convince the vice-president to command the troops
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Convince Congress to declare war and get Americans behind the war effort
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Convince Congress to declare war and warn Japan of a future attack
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Warn Japan of a future attack and get Americans behind the war effort
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Detailed explanation-1: -In addition to comforting the people of the United States, President Roosevelt had two main goals for his Pearl Harbor speech. His first goal was to urge Congress to declare war on Japan. Congress did this almost immediately after Roosevelt’s speech. His second goal was to convince Americans to support the war effort.
Detailed explanation-2: -He sought to emphasize the historic nature of the events at Pearl Harbor, implicitly urging the American people never to forget the attack and memorialize its date.
Detailed explanation-3: -Declarations. The Four Freedoms Speech was given on January 6, 1941. Roosevelt’s hope was to provide a rationale for why the United States should abandon the isolationist policies that emerged from World War I.
Detailed explanation-4: -1, Roosevelt changed “a date which will live in world history” to “a date which will live in infamy, ” providing the speech its most famous phrase and giving birth to the term, “day of infamy, ” which December 7, 1941, is often called.
Detailed explanation-5: -He began by referring to December 7th as “a date that will live in infamy.” The Pearl Harbor attack brought the United States into World War II and was the most deadly foreign attack on American soil until the 9/11 attacks by al Qaeda in 2001.