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"John Fitzgerald Kennedy." Historic World Leaders. Gale, 1994. Biography in Context. Web. 9 Jan. 2014. Article. Biography in Context, in the article “John Fitzgerald Kennedy” claims that JFK’s legacy is one of the largest and most memorable legacies in the history of Presidents of the United States. In their article, they use quotes from historians and other people who observed JFK and his family in order to emphasize the impact of JFK’s presidency and the Kennedy family. For example, they quote historian Doris Kearns Goodwin who claims that “no American family has had a more vivid and powerful impact on the life of their times” (Biography in Context 94). This evidence suggests that JFK had an extremely large impact on the United States. "Franklin D. Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Speech." American Decades Primary Sources. Ed. Cynthia Rose. Vol. 5: 1940-1949. Detroit: Gale, 2004. 213-215. Biography in Context. Web. 10 Jan. 2014. Article. Franklin Roosevelt, in his Pearl Harbor Speech, asks Congress to declare war on Japan. In his speech he speaks about recent meeting the United States had with Japan, where alliance and peace in the Atlantic were suggested. Due to several factors that played into the attack on Pearl Harbor, the President states that the attack was “deliberately planned many days or even weeks [ago]” (Roosevelt ’41). He makes these facts evident to those listening to the speech in order to draw in feelings of betrayal by Japan, so that they would be on board with declaring war. This evidence suggests that FDR was, in fact, a very intelligent president and a very talented speaker. "Manhattan Project." The Cold War--1945-1991. Gale, 1992. U.S. History in Context. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. Article. US History in Context, in... ... middle of paper ... ...o help South Vietnam defend itself against Communists, as opposed to winning a war. Even so, MACV was associated with views of the American war effort in Vietnam. "Kennedy, John F." Television in American Society Reference Library. Ed. Laurie Collier Hillstrom and Allison McNeill. Vol. 3: Primary Sources. Detroit: UXL, 2007. 65-76. U.S. History in Context. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. Source. TV Guide, in the article “A Force That Has Changed the Political Scene” carries readers through JFK’s presidency, from early stages of campaigning all the way through his assassination. It elaborates that he was the youngest president to take office and he “swooned” America with his good looks. They write about his policies, from foreign policies to the civil rights movement. For example, it says that JFK “sent federal troops into the South … to end the segregation of public schools.”

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    This shows that he had experience with the United States military services and knew how to handle the Pearl Harbor situation. Roosevelt?s speech is short, but it still utilizes pathos, ethos, and logos and has just enough detail to let the world know what was going on. The author of this essay is Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was the president of the United States at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack. The purpose of this speech was to inform the entire United States about what had happened the day before Pearl Harbor.

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  • Day of Infamy Speech by President Roosevelt

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    The United States was at peace with Japan following peace negotiations that had been made. The President expresses his concern that the United States was still in conversation with Japanese government and its Emperor looking towards the continuation of peace in the pacific. Japanese had a series of secret plans to bomb America. The president says that the previous day’s attack on Hawaii Islands had caused severe destruction to American naval and military forces. In his speech, he expresses his regrets to inform the Congress that Americans had lost their lives. He continues to state that American ships had been submerged in elevated seas starting from San Francisco and Honolulu. Consequently, these harsh actions by Japanese government made Roosevelt, as commander in chief of the army and navy, dictate on the possible measures to fight back. He is very confident to state that even if it takes a long period for the United States to conquer the enemies’ actions, which he refers to as old-fashioned invention, the people of America will emerge the absolute victory. He believes that, through defending his nation against enemies, he will be acting upon the will of his people and of the Congress. He promises his people that such attacks w...

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  • Rhetorical Analysis Pearl Harbor Address To The Nation

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    The occasion on which the president spoke was the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, an attack by the 1940s Japanese Empire. The attack came without warning and the U.S. was shocked and fearful of another bombing by either Japan or another hostile country, until their president, FDR stepped in and turned their fear into passion for a war. America, after two years of keeping back, drew into the war. The war ended 4 years later in 1945 when Berlin fell

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  • Rhetorical Analysis Of The Day Of Infamy

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    December 7, 1941 was a day of great tragedy. At 07:48 in the morning the Empire of Japan launched a surprise attack on the United States at the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii. This attacked caused the destruction of seventeen ships and one hundred and eighty eight aircraft as well as killing two thousand four hundred and three Americans. The next day, President Franklin Roosevelt took to the microphone to address congress and the American people. This speech by President Roosevelt was effective in convincing congress to declare war on Japan by using ethos, pathos, and also logos.

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    Wake Forest University, Spring 2002. Web. The Web. The Web. 29 Jan. 2014. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Speech.

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    Eidenmuller, Michael. "American Rhetoric: Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation (12-08-41)." http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrpearlharbor.htm (accessed March 19, 2014).

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  • Pearl Harbor Rhetorical Analysis

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    Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the Pearl Harbor address to the nation, offers that Japan's attack on Hawaii was a horrific tragedy throughout the nation. Roosevelt supports his claim by stating the plans were made weeks in advance. The author's purpose is to direct the importance of the attack to mourn those we have lost, in order to do that we need to rebuild the nation. The author writes in a hopeful tone to avenge those that had pain inflicted upon them.

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  • Essay On Pearl Harbor

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    It is very tempting as human beings to put blame on someone else. Especially during a time of tragedy. Besides the attack of 9/11, Pearl Harbor is one of the most surprising attacks the United States of America has ever faced. The attack on December seventh, 1941 is what brought America into World War Two. The nation proceeded to declare war on Japan. Then, because of the alliance between Germany and Japan, Germany declared war on the U.S. At the time, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was president. From the beginning of his presidency and the start of the war, he had wanted to get involved with the war. Historians have debated for many years who is at fault for the attack on Pearl Harbor and causing the deaths of two thousand Americans. He believed that without the United States aid, Russia and England would collapse, and the United States government had broken a diplomatic code and intercepted a message from Japan threatening war. Roosevelt missed many opportunities to prevent the bombing. This bomb attack brought our nation into war and caused the deaths of over a thousand American citizens.

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  • World War II

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    America’s involvement in World War II has often been equated to the Japanese waking the “sleeping giant”, and is often thought of as an invincible superpower. The reality is that the United States’ invincibility has never been really tested. The United States’ is separated from the rest of the Western world by an ocean on either side of its borders and has therefore only had two attacks on native soil. While America’s invincibility is not easily tested, and therefore not easily discredited, whether or not the Japanese awoke the “sleeping giant” by bombing Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, is, however, debatable. The American public before the attack on Pearl Harbor were isolationists, they may have felt sympathy for the victims of Hitler, Franco, and Mussolini, but did not in fact care enough to get involved in another war. The congressmen they elected into office from the late 1930’s to the early 1940’s respected the wishes of their constituents and therefore did everything in their power to prevent U.S involvement in World War II even after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In fact one of the only Americans to appear at all concerned with the horrific events occurring across the ocean was President Franklin Roosevelt, however, despite pleas from the heads of the allied forces, even President Roosevelt could not entirely commit to the need for U.S involvement and remained a wishy-washy figure up until the late 1930’s. It was not until 1940, that President Roosevelt was able to take a stand and begin the attempts to talk the American people into actively supporting the allied forces against Nazi forces. The Japanese may get the credit for waking the “sleeping giant”, however, it is in fact President Roosevelt and a small portion of t...

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  • Dbq Pearl Harbor Speech

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    In only two hours, more than 2,400 innocent lives were taken, 1,000 additional people were wounded, 20 U.S. ships were destroyed, along with over 300 airplanes. Most Americans would consider this one of the deadliest attacks in the history of the United States (Maranzani, “5 Facts About Pearl Harbor and USS Arizona”). Seventy-five years ago today, the Japanese rained bombs and bullets down upon the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. The attack caused a lot of debate on if America should declare war on Japan in return. On December 8, 1941, one day after the attack, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the United States, presented his “Pearl Harbor Speech” to explain what had just happened, how he felt, and how the United States should deal with the situation. His purpose is to inform his audience what has provoked his decision to go to war with Japan, persuade Congress to declare war, and

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  • How Does Fdr Show Courage

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    FDR was plagued with many challenges, yet he handled each with impressive courage. Roosevelt’s career was set during a time where life did not appear to be going great for anyone. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt prepared himself for another long battle by declaring war on Japan and thus entering America into World War II (Kennedy 15). Just as Roosevelt had finally completed his work to reassemble America in the face of the Great Depression, it appeared that another challenge was waiting for him. This time, it was a war. Instead of shrinking away in fear and handling Pearl Harbor with cowardice, he stood strong. He entered America into World War II fully aware of how difficult it would be to fight having just come out of a serious economic rut. Even through times of doubt, FDR ensured his people stayed calm.

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  • The Ethos In President Roosevelt's A Date Which Will Live In Infamy

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    Also, uses logos by explaining that the Japanese used logic to surprise attack the U.S and then send a message that it no longer wanted to remain in diplomatic negotiation. Roosevelt’s use of ethos is very evident during his entire speech. For example, When Roosevelt says “I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, Dec. 7, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese empire”, the use of “unprovoked” and “dastardly” shows the emotions Roosevelt felt about Pearl Harbor. Since it was Roosevelt’s 3rd term has president, he was both highly credible and well liked by the nation, making him the perfect announcer for war. Roosevelt’s speech was the most fitting response to the betrayal of the Japanese empire and their attack on American soil. If The United States did not declare war on Japan, Japan would have only expanded its attacks on other nations including attacking America again. This speech not only resulted in America enters World War II, but also becoming the world’s most preeminent

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    The Japanese naval attack on the United States’ Pearl Harbour in 1941, to this day evokes many Americans to feel unsettling emotions towards the deaths of over two thousand innocent lives, and was the source for many Americans to support President D. Roosevelt in his declaration of war, uniting a country as one. There were more to the bombings of Pearl Harbour then the attacks itself, it included the previous tension between the United States and Japan, the strategic practice and planning of the attack, the aftermath of the attack and the effect it had on the decision for America to join World War II. All together, the bombings of Pearl Harbour by the Japanese in 1941, remains a terrible event in American and military war history.

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  • Rhetorical Analysis Of President Roosevelt's Speech

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    On December 8th, 1941 President Roosevelt presented a speech discussing the events which inflicted many American lives, the Pearl Harbor bombing. On this day, he prepared an extemporaneously speech, which he delivered with appetizing perfection. Throughout the entire speech he was able to grasp the attention of his audience by organizing his speech, giving eye contact and lastly by focusing on his overall point. Although this video clip did not have a great conclusion piece I can tell he finished off effectively.

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  • The Purpose Of The Doolittle Raid

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    December 7, 1941 was a day that United States will never forget, or as President Roosevelt addressed, “a date which will live in infamy”. It was the day that Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor, a navy base in Hawaii. Whether the US knew about the surprise attack or not, one thing that is certain is that the U.S. is prepared to declare war against Japan. FDR’s speech not only boosted people’s morale, but even claimed that they will gain the “inevitable triumph”. Unfortunately, the first six months of the way did not go as victorious as they anticipated; they have faced nothing but embarrassing defeats against Japan. All these defeats have lowered the people’s resolve to continue on with the war due to the loss and damage that had been dealt.

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