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    A) This video is about the attack on Pearl Harbor and the events that led up to it. The narrator talks about America still stinging from the horrors of World War I‚ and not wanting to get involved in another European war. President Roosevelt‚ however‚ created a bill that would draft american men to defend our territories. Thus‚ we were in a state of flux‚ not really in the war and not really out of it. This all changed when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor‚ which up until 9/11 was the deadliest attack

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    On December 7th‚1941‚ Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan. On this terrible day‚ over 2‚400 Americans were killed by the bombs that the Japanese dropped. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor for many different reasons. One of the reasons was that the U.S placed an embargo on Japan. The embargo blocked the Japanese from receiving materials such as steel and fuel which were essential items. Another reason is that America did not agree with Japan’s desire to expand in the Pacific. Both entities had their eyes

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    On December 7‚ 1941 Pearl Harbor took place once it was over President Roosevelt named this date as "a date that will live in infamy." this date is what brought the americans into World War II. his date will always be remembered in the way that it will never be forgotten. That was the day Japan took their revenge on america. This day was also the day that President Roosevelt declared war with Japan. Once Pearl Harbor finished there was one man who was blamed and that one man was James Lawrence

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    Sarah Manning US History II 2223 RKAA March 26‚ 2013 The Attack of Pearl Harbor: Causes and Effects The attack of Pearl Harbor is a very important aspect of World War II. It is untimely what will pull the United States to join the war against the Axis powers‚ majorly Germany‚ Italy and Japan. During the 1930s‚ Japan began to invade China with the intensions of taking it over. In 1940‚ after occupying the coastal

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    with China‚ they attacked the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor.  After the surprise attack by Japan‚ the American mindset changed completely‚ many people were angry and afraid of what would happen next. The entire country found itself in wartime mode‚ even though‚ much of America’s government was opposed to entering the war. This attack caused the United States involvement in World War II. What led up to the Attack on Pearl Harbor‚ brief background of what happened on December 7‚ 1941‚ how

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    In my essay‚ I will be comparing Tora! Tora! Tora! and Pearl Harbor. In the obvious sense‚ both movies were about the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was made in 2001 by Touchtone Pictures and Tora! Tora! Tora! was made by Twentieth Century Fox in 1970. There is a big difference in the making of the movies‚ which means the special effects will be different and so will the context. But the story frame will be the same. In Tora! Tora! Tora!‚ the movie was mostly based on the Japanese in planning

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    Pearl Harbor Just before eight in the morning on December 7‚ 1941‚ an aerial assault was taking place on the United States Navy’s Pearl Harbor Naval Base‚ and the United States Army Schofield Barracks and Wheeler Airfield in Honolulu Hawaii. Hundreds of planes blackened out the morning sunshine‚ causing it to look like a cloudy day. Picture the sounds of rounds zipping past your ears and hitting the person next to you‚ hearing your fellow soldiers crying gout in agony while they fall to their

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    Everyone knows about Pearl Harbor. But we never look at the Japanese point of view. Japan had many reasons to attack America. In the 1920’s Japan’s population boomed. They had so many babies‚ the limited resources of food and oil in Japan couldn’t meet everyone’s needs. Militarists in Japan saw an opportunity to get more resources. The oil-rich parts of China caught their hopeful eyes. The militarists proposed to the imperial government taking that part of China. But‚ the civil government turned

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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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    2016 Pearl Harbor The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor was one of‚ if not the‚ most carefully planned attack on a nation at peace. This attack was the final straw for the United States. There were many countries that desperately wanted and/or needed the U.S. to enter World War II. Even so‚ the U.S. tried their hardest to remain neutral and avoid foreign affairs. However‚ an attack on a peaceful nation’s home front is just too much to overlook. Events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor

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