History DBQ Outline
Intro:
Japs attacked Pearl Harbor, dec.7 1941, killing thousands of Americans.
It was the worst defeat to be ever experienced by the United States Navy.
It created the controversy on who to blame, whether the local commanders or the officials at fault.
People wonder whether or not the local officials may have withheld vital information, or the local commanders did not do their part in protecting the naval base.
There is enough evidence present to conclude that the local commanders at Pearl Harbor are at fault.
It seems that the disaster occurred through misinterpreted information, as well as the withholding of vital information from the officials.
Background:
Depression swept through Europe after WWI, which gave aid to the rise of dictatorship such as Hitler in Germany and Mussolini in Italy. Many U.S. citizens and congressional members wanted to prevent trade involving weaponry negotiations that led to the U.S. involvement in World War I.
Many Americans struggled with their beliefs, on whether to remain isolated or protect America through defending democracy elsewhere in the world.
As Hitler gained power in Europe, the struggle became more troublesome. Japanese Aggression in northern Indochina had lead Roosevelt to freeze all Japanese assets and enact an embargo on all trade with Japan. The United States were able to crack the code of the Japanese and learn that they were planning an attack, but the U.S. didn’t know where.
1st Paragraph: Commanders were not sure of what to do.
Doc A: Stated where it might occur. – Did not imply to be prepared for defending naval base.
Doc I: Washington’s responsibility to give Kimmel its estimate of strategic effort. – The fact that the officials did not do so, lead to the attack.
2nd Paragraph: withholding of information.
Doc. F: Kimmel believes he was deprived of vital information – If they knew about it, Pearl Harbor could have been prevented.
Doc B: Stated what was expected, no one ever
Japs attacked Pearl Harbor, dec.7 1941, killing thousands of Americans.
It was the worst defeat to be ever experienced by the United States Navy.
It created the controversy on who to blame, whether the local commanders or the officials at fault.
People wonder whether or not the local officials may have withheld vital information, or the local commanders did not do their part in protecting the naval base.
There is enough evidence present to conclude that the local commanders at Pearl Harbor are at fault.
It seems that the disaster occurred through misinterpreted information, as well as the withholding of vital information from the officials.
Background:
Depression swept through Europe after WWI, which gave aid to the rise of dictatorship such as Hitler in Germany and Mussolini in Italy. Many U.S. citizens and congressional members wanted to prevent trade involving weaponry negotiations that led to the U.S. involvement in World War I.
Many Americans struggled with their beliefs, on whether to remain isolated or protect America through defending democracy elsewhere in the world.
As Hitler gained power in Europe, the struggle became more troublesome. Japanese Aggression in northern Indochina had lead Roosevelt to freeze all Japanese assets and enact an embargo on all trade with Japan. The United States were able to crack the code of the Japanese and learn that they were planning an attack, but the U.S. didn’t know where.
1st Paragraph: Commanders were not sure of what to do.
Doc A: Stated where it might occur. – Did not imply to be prepared for defending naval base.
Doc I: Washington’s responsibility to give Kimmel its estimate of strategic effort. – The fact that the officials did not do so, lead to the attack.
2nd Paragraph: withholding of information.
Doc. F: Kimmel believes he was deprived of vital information – If they knew about it, Pearl Harbor could have been prevented.
Doc B: Stated what was expected, no one ever