WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Says the U.S. must abandon being isolationist
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Congress had all but one person vote to declare war on Japan
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Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S. 3 days later
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Congress had a fifty-fifty split on whether to declare war
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Germany and Great Britain declared war on the U.S. 3 days later
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Day of Infamy speech was designed to: inform Congress and the American people about the tragedy that had just occurred; make the case for seeking a declaration of war against Japan; rally and reassure the American people; and establish a record for history of Japanese actions and American reactions.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, an event he called “a date which will live in infamy", Roosevelt obtained a congressional declaration of war against Japan.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.