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“A day that will live
in infamy…”
Study Guide and Discussion
2. Introduction
This week’s topic has been the attack on Pearl
Harbor. In order to better ensure you
understand the content, we will play History
Jeopardy. Good Luck!
3. In this video _______ gives his response
to the attacks in an address to Congress.
A) President Franklin Roosevelt
B) President John F Kennedy
C) President Teddy Roosevelt
4. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president at the
time of the attacks, and most all of World War
II.
Correct!
5. John F Kennedy (JFK) would not be elected
president until the 1960 election against
another future president, Richard Nixon. JFK
did, however, serve in WWII in the United
States Navy.
Incorrect!
6. Franklin Roosevelt, not his fifth cousin Teddy
Roosevelt, was president during the attack on
Pearl Harbor.
Incorrect!
7. Question 2
This ship remains sunken in Pearl Harbor as a monument of the event:
a) USS Arizona
b) USS Lake Erie
c) USS John C Stennis
8. To this day, the Battleship USS Arizona rests
below the waters of Pearl Harbor, HI. It is the
final resting place of over 1,100 crew members.
She still leaks oil to this day, and surviving
crew members are permitted to have their
ashes scattered over the ship.
Correct!
9. This answer is incorrect, but this is a ship that
Mr. Reynolds served on while in the U.S. Navy.
Incorrect!
-December 7, 1941 was a day that changed the world.
-It brought the United States into World War Two with an attack on Naval Base Pearl Harbor by Japan.
-To better understand the extremity of the situation, listen to the speech given by President Roosevelt in response to the action.
A total of 3,581 casualties were a result of the attacks on Pearl Harbor.
2,403 of these were deaths.
While the fleet was badly damaged, the resolve of the United States brought the Pacific Fleet back to fighting condition and landed its first decisive blow of the war just six months later.
The Japanese last 129 men, and one was taken prisoner.
Stress the importance of understanding the perspective of those fighting on the other side.
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.“ Naval Marshal General Isoroku Yamamoto