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The US entered WWII after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) on 07dec1941

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President that declared war on Germany?

The US Constitution provides that the congress shall declare war. The congress declared war on Germany when Woodrow Wilson was president in 1917 and when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president in 1941.


Did Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor cause President Franklin D. Roosevelt to announce that the US had declared war on Japan.?

Not exactly. The President is not allowed to declare way; the Constitution reserves this power to the Congress. But on December 8, 1941, President Roosevelt addressed a special session of Congress and requested that Congress declare that a state of war existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.


Did president Rossevelt declare war on his own?

No, President Roosevelt did not declare war on his own. The president can not declare war on his own. He did however, ask congress to declare war after the bombing at Pearl Harbor.


What did the US do about the attadk of Pearl Harbor?

President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan, which Congress did.


Why didn't President Roosevelt declare war on Germany in 1939?

Congress wouldn't hear of it.


What did Franklin Delano Roosevelt do during the attack at pearl harbor as president?

FDR was unable to do much during the attack. The next day, he asked Congress to declare war against Japan.


What is the year of the US declares war to japan?

In December of 1941, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. Congress agreed and the United States was at war with Japan.


What is the power of congress to declare war?

The Constitution grants Congress the sole authority to declare war.


What was the purpose of FDR's address to Congress after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

To persuade them to declare war explanation (Apex)


Did Ronald Reagan declare war on world war 2?

No, he was an actor all during the war. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the President during the war.


Franklin D. Roosevelt's immediate response to the banking crisis after becoming president was to?

declare a bank holiday that closes banks for days


Who was the first president to take the nation into declared war?

Only Congress can declare war. Presidents can ask Congress to declare war . The presidents who made such a request and had it granted were James Madison (against Great Britain), James Polk (against Mexico), William McKinley(against Spain), Woodrow Wilson (against Germany and allies) and Franklin Roosevelt (against Japan and allies)