HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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unrestricted warfare by Germany against ships coming to Great Britain
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Zimmerman telegram from Germany to Mexico
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trade and money owed to the U.S.
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -For two years before the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor brought America into World War II in December 1941, the nation had been on the edges of the global conflict.
Detailed explanation-2: -December 7, 1941: A Day That Will Live in Infamy America’s isolation from war ended on December 7, 1941, when Japan staged a surprise attack on American military installations in the Pacific. The most devastating strike came at Pearl Harbor, the Hawaiian naval base where much of the US Pacific Fleet was moored.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, elected in 1933, was convinced, however, that America would eventually have to take a stand against Nazi Germany. As Hitler began his march of conquest, Roosevelt searched for ways to aid the Allies without violating American neutrality.
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.