1. December 7, 1941: A Day that will live in Infamy

2. Warm-up Why was the USA and Japan on a collision course to start World War II? Should the United States have used pre-emptive warfare?

3. Peace Talks are questioned Tojo claimed he would try to preserve peace with the Americans November 5, 1941 he ordered the Japanese navy to prepare for an attack on the USA USA broke the code, knew about it, but didn’t know where it would happen

4. December 6, 1941 FDR received a decoded message that instructed Japan’s peace envoy to reject all American peace proposals. “This means war” FDR responded

5. December 7, 1941 180 Japanese war planes attacked the largest U.S. naval base in the Pacific The Americans were caught off guard In less than 2 hours, 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 wounded The attack almost took out the whole Pacific fleet

6. Reaction to Pearl Harbor Mood: Outrage to Panic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK8gYGg0dkE&fea ture=fvwrel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK8gYGg0dkE&fea ture=fvwrel FDR goes to Congress to Declare war http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDzrzFO9FRY Pearl Harbor