Ashley Queener 10-13-11 HIST 399 INEVITABLE In Pearl Harbor and the Coming of the Pacific War by Akira Iriye‚ the author explores the events and circumstances that ended in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor‚ an American naval base. Iriye assembles a myriad of primary documents‚ such as proposals and imperial conferences‚ as well as essays that offer different perspectives of the Pacific War. Not only is the material in Pearl Harbor and the Coming of the Pacific War informative of the situation
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“To what extent do historical inaccuracies in the film Pearl Harbor‚ directed by Michael Bay‚ affect its reliability for a historian studying the attack by the Japanese on December 7th‚ 1941?” Word Count: 1571 IB History of the Americas - HL Internal Assessment Emily ------- 002309----- TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE SECTION A: PLAN OF INVESTIGATION 3 SECTION B: SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE 4-6 SECTION C: EVALUATION OF SOURCES 7-8 SECTION D: ANALYSIS
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Franklin D. Roosevelt asked “that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday‚ December 7th‚ 1941‚ a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese empire.” to the nation. Declaring a state of war with Japan and convincing the people to support the war effort. The Pearl Harbor address to the Nation delivered by Franklin D. Roosevelt is one of the most famous speeches in American history. Roosevelt uses many rhetorical strategies to
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On May 7th Germany had surrendered unconditionally but the war with Japan raged on in the pacific. The Americans were war weary. They had seen the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ Kamikaze attacks‚ and horrible casualties in Okinawa and Iwo Jima. There had been reports on things like the Bataan death march. Newspaper photos had shown American POWs beheaded by Japanese soldiers. Ending the war and preventing further loss of life is all that mattered at this point. With the surrender of Germany at the beginning
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mentality of the depression. Many of the citizens‚ expecting help from President Herbert Hoover received nothing‚ resulting in the public’s critical view of him. America needed their government to expand and help them get out of the depression. Consequently‚ the country was ready for a new perspective and leadership to try and usher them out of the depression‚ leading to the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932. Roosevelt became the first Democrat elected in sixteen years‚ with Republicans
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt changes tones throughout his Pearl Harbor speech to reassure and inform his audience. In his speech FDR creates the tones of informative and reassurance by using repetition. Roosevelt only uses these two different tones and shifts his tone in the middle of the speech. He begins the speech informing the people what has happened and then then ends by reasurring the American people everything will be ok. The change in tone helps make the article sound less depressing and more
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Five years later after the T.J incident‚ I decided to move to the luxurious base of Pearl Harbor in Oahu‚ Hawaii ("Where Is Pearl Harbor Located?") in 1938. I was living in a small apartment right outside of the base. The only reason I moved there is to pursue my dream of becoming a pilot in the Navy. I decided to sign myself up for a boot camp that was being held at the Naval Academy. I was very satisfied to see that there was not a lot of people signed up for the camp. However‚ I knew that I still
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The attack of Pearl Harbor on December seventh‚ 1941‚ was a tragic event in American history. Throughout the 1930’s and 40’s Japan had been trying to conquer Asia. During this time‚ the United States had been helping Great Britain to help fight against the Nazi’s by giving them supplies (Remembering). At the end of the summer in 1940‚ the United States had completely shut off trade with Japan. With Japan’s ongoing journey of trying to conquer all of Asia‚ President Franklin D. Roosevelt made the
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Roosevelt and Wilson: Progressive Presidents The Progressive Era was a time of social‚ political‚ and economic reform throughout the United States in the early 1900s. Many citizens looked towards the government as the agent of change. Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson are fondly remembered as progressive presidents though their methods were different. Without a doubt‚ both of these men brought about great change in America during the Progressive Era. Teddy Roosevelt was the 26th President of
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The government should be selfless‚ putting the best interest of society as a primary concern‚ not their own economic gain. Unfortunately‚ they failed to do so for the Chinese and Japanese immigrants who came to the U.S. in hopes of a better life. It did not take long for both groups to realize the “American Dream” they sought was not as easily attained as they expected. Although their situations differed in some ways‚ both groups faced multiple forms of racial discrimination by the American
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