Question 5 • SD-Early US History A
Roosevelt described the attack as deliberate and said Japan had launched it while negotiations were still underway, so he believed the Japanese government had betrayed the United States. He also portrayed the United States as the victim of an unprovoked attack and expressed outrage, calling December 7 a “date which will live in infamy.” The speech does not suggest he was unconcerned about war or sympathetic because the attack was accidental.
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