Reflection 3/16

After further research today I have decided to use Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech titled "Quarantine the Aggressor." This work is very appropiate for my project because in this he justifies going to war against Germany. My essential question, in a nut shell, was why did the US join the Allies instead of the Axis. Further research also gave gave me more information about why they entered the war for the Allies. What some websites all agree on is that the first action that made the US join the war was when German submarines sunk American cargo ships. This was followed by Germany announcing that any ships sending aid to Great Britain will be torpeoded on January 7th 1941. Finally, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor really thrusted the United States onto the stage of war. The attack occured on December 7th, 1941. The US responded promply by declaring war on Japan on December 8th, 1941. Because Japan joined the Axis army on September 27th, 1940, the US was also now at war with Germany and Italy.