HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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to end World War II
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to declare war on Japan
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to start arresting Japanese Americans
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Roosevelt’s description of December 7, 1941, as “a date which will live in infamy” was borne out; the date became shorthand for the Pearl Harbor attack in much the same way that November 22, 1963, and September 11, 2001, became inextricably associated with the assassination of John F.
Detailed explanation-2: -On draft No. 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-3: -Early in the afternoon of December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his chief foreign policy aide, Harry Hopkins, were interrupted by a telephone call from Secretary of War Henry Stimson and told that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor.
Detailed explanation-4: -YESTERDAY, December 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.