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- The United States failed to reconigize that Japan had invaded and took over Manchukuo, China in 1931. - In 1941 the United States cut off trade with Japan hoping to stop their aggression into Asia. - Roosevelt had meetings with Japanese government and the still had not reached an agreement when the attack happened. - There were reports that Japan was going to attack Pearl Harbor but military officals refused to pay attention to alerts. - Roosevelt knew about the Japanese stratagies towards war. - The United States knew Japan only had a year's worth of oil to supply their machines there. They were just unsure of when they would attack. - The Japanese led the United States to believe that they were contuining to work on keeping peace with each other. If Roosevelt was having meetingg with Japanese government, he would have known they were still unstable and may have been planning something. - The United States had cracked all of the codes of the Japanese Empire, therefore they knew what each war code meant. - There were reports of the attack that was telegramed but receivers overlooked the warning. - A military service man in Japan reported to the U.S that the Japanese Navy was practice air attacks on Ariake Bay. This area is very similar to Pearl Harbor.
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"Day of Infamy" Speech Franklin Roosevelt December 8, 1941

"The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its Government and its Emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in the American Island of Oahu, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to our Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message. And while this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war of armed attack."

In this excerpt from President Roosevelt's speech after the attack he states that the United States received a letter saying that Japan had been thinking about stopping the meeting to negotiate peace with the United Sates. However he also stated that it did not show any signs of an attack on our soil. Roosevelt knew that the Japanese Empire wanted to expand into the Pacific Region. Japan not wanting to have peace with us should have been taken as a way to show that they were going to harm the U.S while they expanded.

This is a photo of President Roosevelt looking at papers that show declaration of war against Germany and Italy. The black arm-band resembles the live of those lost on Pearl Harbor. Three days after the attack, Italy declared war against the United States. Roosevelt was quick to get into war with the Axis Powers before giving any thought. He also did not check to see if the country was ready to fight, especially in a two-front war.

" It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan that makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time, the Japanese government had deliberately sought to deceive the Unites States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace."

This is another quote from the " Day of Infamy speech. Having previous meetings with the Japanese government, Roosevelt would have known that things were off with Japan. He states earlier that the two governments were having troubles finding a common ground. Since he was aware of where the United States stood with Japan, he should have protected all bases and the country in general from any attack for any of the Axis powers.