Dbq Pearl Harbor

December 7th, 1941, at 7:48am, the Empire of Japan “deliberately and suddenly” attacked the Navy at Pearl Harbor. The United States of America was at peace with Japan until the horrific event. Eight naval ships were docked at Pearl Harbor filled with many men and women. Four Navy Battleships were damaged while the other four were sunk with hundreds of brave sailors still buried alive and killing over 3,500 sailors overall. This event changed the world.
The Japanese attack had several major priorities. First, it intended to destroy the vital American fleet, thus avoiding the Pacific Fleet from interfering with Japanese. Japan wanted to overthrow the Dutch East Indies and Malaya and to empower Japan to take over Southeast Asia without any issues

President Roosevelt ran and won the New York state Senate seat in 1910. Later, President Woodrow Wilson appointed him as the assistant secretary of the Navy. In 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President of the United State. When President Roosevelt was elected president, the country was in a big hole also known as The Great Depression. President Roosevelt dug the country out of this deep hole focusing on relief, recovery, and reform. In 1939, a war was bound to happen between Europe and Asia. President Roosevelt said this was not Americas war and wanted to stay out of

Roosevelt gives his audience a sense of unity and togetherness to claim victory over Japan. “Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger” (American Rhetoric). Roosevelt uses the word “our” to address the nation as a whole. Using “our” stressed that we as a nation need to do something about this act of terror and defend our country. Also, Roosevelt said “The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost. In addition, American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu” (American Rhetoric). Roosevelt said this because Japan took thousands of sailor’s lives hoping, his audience would take this attack personally. Sure enough, the American men and women were angry and wanted to seek justice and revenge against