President Franklin D. Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, “A date which will live in infamy”. On that date Japan attacked on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. However a date which will in infamy can be any tragic or dramatic date in US history.
October 29, 1929 was Black Tuesday because on that day the Stock Market crashed. On that date was the birth of the infamous Great Depression. Stock prices continued to go down. The crash was the accelerator of the world economic down fall. By 1932 the stocks were worth only about 20 percent of their value than in 1929. By 1933, almost half of the banks in America were broken. Unemployment was close to 15 million people, 30 percent of the national workforce. Millions of people lost their homes. They couldn’t pay their mortgage. There was no work therefore there was no money. They had to travel across the country hoping to find any work in order to earn money to support their families. Their basic necessities like food, clothing, shelter and a job were unreachable dreams. Realistic nightmares like diseases caused by malnutrition were part of the everyday life. The country was in an apocalyptic state. The effects of this Great Depression affected everybody in the United States. “It produced new laws that gave the government far more power than at any time in the history of our nation. It changed the American society's outlook toward life.” Amid this hell on Earth a sub cultural phenomenon was created. Sadly, it was true and it developed into a type of enigmatic heroic epic represented in the character of the Hobo.
The term Hobo is defined as a noun, a migratory worker: so used by such workers themselves; a vagrant; tramp. As same as in the fascinating stories of the legendary cowboy and his horse, t...
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The attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7th, 1941, was and still is an event that will forever be deep-rooted in the minds of every American. After the tragic surprise attack on American soil by the Japanese, Americans throughout the country were looking for a sense of unity. The President at the time, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, recited a moving and powerful speech the day after the attack. Although the speech was specifically targeted at the Members of Congress in an effort to persuade the declaration of war with Japan, the speech was also written to be televised to the entire country. When the attack comes to mind, the powerful speech that mustered the nation together slowly follows.
The Battle of Pearl Harbor was one of the most atrocious events that happened in U.S. history. On December 7, 1941, Japan made a surprise aerial attack on the United States naval base and airfields at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. More than two thousand Americans died and a thousand two hundred were wounded. Eighteen ships were badly damaged, including five battleships. The next day, President Franklin Roosevelt with the support of the Congress, declared war on Japan.
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The Day of Infamy 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 attack 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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