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America was forced to respond to the attack. President Franklin D. Roosevelt went before congress to ask that a state of war be declared between the US and Japan.
Pearl Harbor was attacked December 7th 1941. Congress then declared war on Japan December 8th 1941.
"A date which will live in infamy" was a quote by President Franklin D Roosevelt on his address to Congress on December 8th, 1941 - he was of course referring to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii the day before.
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The President asked congress to declare war on Japan, congress agreed.
Yes.
The attack on Pearl Harbor, and declaration of war by Congress.
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Hawaii. That is were pearl harbor is.
Because it was a US territory-hence a direct attack on the US. How else could we respond.
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