HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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It was the first use of nuclear weapons in war.
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It put an end to the lend lease program.
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It prevented Japan from invading the United States.
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It caused the United States to get involved in the war.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On December 7, 1941, Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, decimating the US Pacific Fleet. When Germany and Italy declared war on the United States days later, America found itself in a global war. Top Image: Propaganda poster developed by the Office of War Information following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Detailed explanation-2: -On December 7, 1941, following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, the United States declared war on Japan. Three days later, after Germany and Italy declared war on it, the United States became fully engaged in the Second World War.
Detailed explanation-3: -Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor would drive the United States out of isolation and into World War II, a conflict that would end with Japan’s surrender after the devastating atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
Detailed explanation-4: -notes that the attack on Pearl Harbor led to a period of national unity, an end of American isolationism, the entry of the U.S. into WWII, and the beginning of the “superpower” status of the United States.