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Quiz for Document 25–1: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Speech to Congress, December 8, 1941

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Why did President Roosevelt call the attack on Pearl Harbor “a date which will live in infamy”?

For the first time in history, Americans had been attacked by a foreign power.

Americans lost the battle over Pearl Harbor decisively.

Americans had considered themselves close allies to Japan in the Asian theater of war.

Japan had maintained the illusion that peace was still possible between both nations.

2. Why did Roosevelt ask Congress for a declaration of war against Japan?

To deter any further attacks by the Japanese

To take revenge for the assault on Pearl Harbor

To counter continuing danger to American interests

To trigger a military draft

3. Roosevelt’s speech described the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor as

part of a larger expansionary campaign in the Pacific.

a deliberate strategy to draw the United States into the war.

the result of miscommunication within the Japanese military.

a psychological victory rather than a military success.