He didn't have to elicit anything because the nation was all ready upset and angry. FDR was just stating that the United States was going to fight back and that the fear everyone felt was not going to win. If you experienced 9-11 the understanding of Pearl Harber became sharper and more clear because the two events were similar .
Pearl Harbor attack happened on the 7 December, 1941. So, the President of the USA was Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
someone else asked a similar question and the response was 1774 no it was a blockade of the harbor
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The U.S.A rebuilt the harbor in 1954 after the war. Japan was charged 120 million American dollars so that they paid for the damasge they did.
Japan attacking pearl harbor.
It was Roosevelt's call to arms and America responded.
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in front of a joint session of congress in washington dc.
Pearl Harbor came as a surprise to the U.S., so Roosevelt was able to do nothing about it.
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