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How Did Pearl Harbor Changed America

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How Did the Tragedy of Pearl Harbor Changed America President Roosevelt announced December 7, 1941, as "A day which will live in infamy"("Attack"1). Pear Harbor was an event that changed the course of our history. The Japanese attack had a huge affect on tons of people in a way that would affect their life 's. Pearl Harbor caused so many people to lose their life 's, led the U.S. to enter WW2, and also cause the economic to change. The three main reasons as to why Japan decided to attack Pearl Harbor were oil embargo imposed by the U.S., Japan wanted to get rid of ships and planes that could possibly foil their expansion attempt and also, the Japanese wanted to invade Indochina. One September 1940, the U.S. put an embargo on Japan by not

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