Compare And Contrast 9/11 And Pearl Harbor

In both events of Pearl Harbor and 9/11 had a damaging effect on our country. We were terrified and frightened for what could happen next. Pearl Harbor occurred on December 7, 1941 at the Hawaiian territory. 9/11 occurred on September 11, 2001 at New York City. The Pearl Harbor attack was caused from a feud we were having with Japan. 9/11 on the other hand was a terrorist attack towards our country. President Roosevelt gave a speech from the attack of Pearl Harbor. The speech was “Day of Infamy speech”. President Bush also presented the nation a speech after 9/11. The speech was known as “Address to the nation on September 11 attacks the oval office”.

Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor is by far one of America’s most remembered events in history. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese dropped bombs on the American base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This attack is what persuaded President Franklin Roosevelt to join World War 2 and fight on two fronts. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor for many reasons. They attacked because they believed they would create a New World Order, they felt threatened by America and because of the oil embargo.

One day that will always be remembered by America is the date of December 7, 1941, which changed American history forever. December 7, 1941 was the day the Japanese warplanes attacked Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) which stationed many of American ships and airfields. Immediately after the bombings, United States President Franklin Roosevelt declared war on Japan, leading to a direct involvement into World War ll. Japan had many reason to do so but Japan attacked Pearl harbor for three reasons which were that they had a plan for a new world order, United States were expanding their number of naval ships rapidly, and an oil embargo was placed upon Japan

The United States and Japan fought in World War II during 1941 to 1945. Japan planned to expand their land and gain resources- which led them to invade China whom was an ally of the U.S. In result, the United States cut off the supply of oil to Japan. On December 7th 1941, Japan’s air force did a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor because that is where their military base is located. Afterwards, the United States declared war on Japan, and joined allies against the axis powers. The United States’ use of the atomic bombs is justified because it saved American lives; Japan was given fair warning, and their aggressions towards the U.S.

The following events caused the tensions to raise between Japan and The United States of America which led up to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Internment of Japanese Americans. They are the Rape of Nanking and the sudden stop of U.S exports to Japan. In the 1930s Japan, had become very nationalistic, militaristic, and desired for more land to expand the population. So, Japan went to China and conquered Manchuria, Northern China, then most of China, and eventually Southeast Asia. This help Japan get out of its economic crisis but soon a very tragic and horrendous even took place. The Rape of Nanking was a total massacre of the Chinese because at the time it was a glorified city that stood testament to China’s wealth and beauty. Within a

The Louisiana purchase was a “watershed” event. This purchase nearly doubled the land mass of a new nation. We got this area from France in 1803. We purchased the Louisiana territory for 15 million dollars and increased in size by 828,000 square miles stretching from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. In 1802 Jefferson predicted that Spain would retrocede to France, the vast area of Louisiana. From the deal that was made 15 states were eventually created. Since France was so slow at making the Louisiana area a slave area they asked the US if we wanted to purchase all if the Louisiana Area. 9 years after the US purchased Louisiana, the first state to be created was Louisiana

Tension was rising between the U.S. and Japan long before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It began in 1919 as repairs were being made for WWI, Japan was on the “winning” side and wanted something in return. During the meeting at Versailles, Japan felt that Europe and America were excluding them and trying to keep distance. Japan was ready for change and separation from America and Europe. The Japanese wanted to prove their dominance by launching a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. It is hard to say what exactly caused the Japanese to attack but some say it was because Japan wanted more power, the U.S. was becoming stronger, and Japan was trying to expand.(Background essay)

Additionally the bombing of pearl harbor before the attack the United States was a neutral country in the war. Seen in the history book Franklin Delano Roosevelt passed the neutrality act and this new law made it illegal to sell arms or trade with a country at war. Seen on History.com after this act was passed it threatened Japan’s economy when they couldn’t trade oil they started planning secert attacks on the United States. Japan had to make an impression to the rest of the world. The Japanese killed husbands wives and

and for Pearl Harbor the invaders attacked a place very far away which shows that it was

The different perspectives of war in these two major attacks were different.The media and the presidents saw war in a different perspective.The president of the united states during the pearl harbor act thought the right thing is to declare war on Japan and enter World war 2. Otherwise on the 9/11 attack the president didn’t declare war but made the laws and airports more protective to enter the United States.

History has many faces. In any country 's history, there are plenty of infamous events and difficult topics. Most of the time, the difficult and unpleasant ones are either hushed up or given a blind eye. As a result, some previous historical events remain unexamined, little known, or not written in chronological "cause and effect" sequences. One such topic is World War II, in which, consequently, after the Pearl Harbor bombing, America became involved within the war effort. The attack of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese was an unfortunate event that led to many deportations and imprisonments of the Japanese, Germans, and Italians in America. Hundreds of thousands of lives were affected and filled with grief, pain, and sorrow.

The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a terrorist attack. Japan planned to destroy the military base in Pearl Harbor to eliminate US Pacific Fleet, and to protect Japan’s advances. This attack reminds me of the 9/11 terrorist attack in 2001. One Similarity can be that both Japan and Iraq had disagreed to the United States, like many restrictions on trade embargos. One difference is that Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan, as Iraq attacked the World Trade Center in 2001.

Osama bin Laden was born to a very wealthy family in his native country of Saudi Arabia. Bin Laden was exiled from Saudi Arabia in 1992 and remained stateless until his death on May 2, 2011. Bin Laden moved his base to Sudan until 1996, when U.S. military pressures forced him to leave Sudan. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) placed a 25 million dollar bounty on bin Laden’s head for involvement in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings and the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Twin Towers and Pentagon. (Biography.com Editors) Osama bin Laden was on the run conducting military operations, until his Abbottabad Pakistan mansion was finished in 2005. Bin Laden lived in the Abbottabad mansion, until Operation Neptune Spear took place on May 2,

Nearly the whole country watched in horror on the morning of September 11, 2001. As the planes crashed and the towers burned, many thought it simply wasn’t true. They believed that it was impossible that someone could hate America that much. It was true, and it left lasting effects on Americans everywhere. Al-Qaeda had carried out a plan so horrific that it killed nearly three thousand people.

September 11th, 2001 also known as 9/11 was a tragic event of history. Hijackers drove jets into both of the world trade centers and the pentagon. The results left the nation destructed, thousands died in the event of 9/11. All of the nation as a whole was left heartbroken. Everyone felt that there needed to be a response to 9/11. Some wanted peaceful consequences but others wanted war. A lot of the people didn’t like the government’s way of handling it but after a while they began to agree.