Pearl Harbor: A Day that will Live in Infamy

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Pearl Harbor A Day that will Live in Infamy

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Table of Contents

• Video of Pearl Harbor
• What is Pearl Harbor?
• What purpose did Pearl Harbor serve?
• Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
• What happened the day of the attack?
• What was the reaction to the bombing by
  Americans?
• How did our government react to the bombing?

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Table of Contents (Continued)

• Could the United States have prevented this from
  happening?
• How does Pearl Harbor affect us today?
• Pearl Harbor Quiz
• List of Works Cited
• Conclusion

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Pearl Harbor Video
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What is Pearl Harbor?

• Pearl Harbor is a natural harbor located on the
  southern end of the island of Oahu in the state
  of Hawaii (Hawaii was still a U.S. territory in
  1941).

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What purpose did Pearl Harbor serve?

• Pearl Harbor was an excellent place for the U.S.
  Navy to use as a harbor for its ships. The
  mountains of Oahu were thought to be an excellent
  protection against an enemy invasion.

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Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

• The U.S. had put an embargo (cut off supply) on
  oil and planes to Japan. Japan needed these to
  complete its military conquest of the Pacific and
  Asia. Japan, felt it was only a matter of time
  until the U.S. tried to stop them militarily.

Hideki Tojo, military ruler of Japan
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Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
(Continued)

• The Japanese decided to strike first in a
  surprise attack. The place they could hurt the
  U.S. most was at Pearl Harbor, where much of the
  U.S. Pacific fleet was docked.

Japanese planes attacking Pearl Harbor
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What happened on the day of the attack?

• Sunday, December 7, 1941, 755 AM The Japanese
  air force attacks Pearl Harbor in a surprise
  attack. The American Naval Base was caught
  completely off guard. By the time the U.S.
  forces could mount a resistance, nearly 2,400
  people died in the attack.

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What happened on the day of the attack?
(Continued)

• The Japanese attack destroyed five battleships,
  three cruisers, and several smaller vessels,
  while wiping out almost 200 airplanes.
• Click here to see a 3-D map of the Japanese
  attack (Left mouse click on 3-D map link)

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What happened the day of the attack? (Continued)

• Hardest hit was the USS Arizona, the Arizona was
  hit by several Japanese bombs and sunk to the
  bottom of Pearl Harbor. Nearly 1,200 sailors
  were killed, only 300 survived.

The USS Arizona going down in flames
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What happened the day of the attack? (Continued)

• 15 year old sailor Martin Matthews was on board
  the Arizona and was blown overboard by the
  explosion. Matthews explains, There were steel
  fragments in the airand pieces of bodies.

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What happened the day of the attack? (Continued)

• Today the sailors who gave their lives on the USS
  Arizona are honored by a monument in Pearl Harbor.

USS Arizona submerged beneath Memorial
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What was the reaction to the bombing by Americans?

• We felt, this is our country , and were going
  to fight to defend it. When we got home that
  evening we were glued to the radio.
• Dellie Hahne, college student at Santa Barbara
  College in CA

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How did our government react to the Pearl Harbor
bombing?

• ...a state of war has existed between the United
  States and the Japanese empire.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, December 8, 1941

President Roosevelt signing declaration of war
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The United States enters World War II and
eventually triumphs

• After Pearl Harbor, millions of men and women
  pulled together in service to our country both
  hear and abroad to help our country to victory in
  World War II.

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Could the United States have prevented this from
happening?

• This is a matter of controversy in social studies
  that you can decide for yourself. Historians are
  split on whether or not President Roosevelt knew
  about the impending attack, and if he just let it
  happen to give the U.S. an excuse to go to war.
  (Continued on next page)

President Roosevelt
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What do you think? Would the
President of the United States sacrifice
thousands of lives just for an excuse to enter
the war? What did he have to benefit from this?
(Keep in mind the war did end The Depression.)
If FDR did know, why didnt the U.S. at least
mount some sort of defense? (We still probably
wouldve gone to war if we won the Battle of
Pearl Harbor.) Your opinion could be the right
answer, because no one knows for sure.
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How does Pearl Harbor affect us today?

• Due to the bravery of the men and women who
  risked or lost their lives at Pearl Harbor, the
  only invasion of this country in the 20th
  century, Americans were able to go on to win
  World War II and keep the freedom we so cherish.

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Pearl Harbor Quiz(Click on the answer you think
is correct)
1. In what state is Pearl Harbor located? A.
Oahu B. Hawaii C. Florida D. California
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Pearl Harbor Quiz (Continued)
2. What purpose did Pearl Harbor serve? A. A
vacation resort B. A place for manufacturing
weapons C. A naval base D. A body of water for
mining pearls
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Pearl Harbor Quiz (Continued)
3. Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor? A.
Germany, their ally, told them to B. Revenge for
the bombing of Hiroshima C. They wanted to take
over the United States D. They wanted to destroy
the U.S. Navy
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Pearl Harbor Quiz (Continued)
4. What did the U.S. do that angered Japan and
led them to attack? A. Put an embargo on
oil and planes to Japan B. Put thousands of
Japanese-Americans in internment camps C.
Bombed Tokyo D. Took Pearl Harbor from the
Japanese
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Pearl Harbor Quiz (Continued)
5. 1,200 U.S. sailors died when the Japanese
sunk what ship? A. USS Pennsylvania B. USS
Arizona C. USS Oklahoma D. USS West Virginia
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List of Works Cited

• http//satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/space/hawaii/maps/O
  ahu_map.758x554.gif (Map of Oahu)
• http//www.execpc.com/dshaaf/bshipro2.html (Map
  of battleship row)
• http//www.isd.net/aswanson/ww2his/tojo.htm
  (Picture of Tojo)
• http//movieboxoffice.about.com/library/bl/gallery
  /blpearl01.htm (Pictures from the movie Pearl
  Harbor)
• http//www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/photos.html
  (Pictures of FDR)
• http//www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/wwphotos.html
  (pictures of sinking of USS Arizona)
• http//www.homestead.com/ibnease/index.html (USS
  Arizona Memorial)
• http//memory.loc.gov (Picture of man and
  daughter listening to the radio)
• http//www.iwojima.com/raising/lflaga.gif (Flag
  raising over Iwo Jima)
• http//www.essentialpearlharbor.com/osehphsounds.h
  tml (Sound waves of CBS Broadcast and FDRs
  speech)
• http//www.thedeskof.com/thoughts/god_bless_Americ
  a.htm (Kate Smiths God Bless America)
• http//www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/collections/wwii
  -posters/img/ww1647-91.jpg (Poster after Pearl
  Harbor)
• http//www.cinemenium.com (Video Trailer of Pearl
  Harbor)

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