Pearl Harbor

After listening to President Roosevelt’s Pearl Harbor Day message to joint session of Congress asking for a declaration of war with Japan, take a moment to reflect on the situation and then respond to the following questions. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrpearlharbor.htm

1. What did President Roosevelt mean when he said that December 7, 1941 would be a date that would live in infamy?

Synonyms for Infamy - abomination, atrocity, bad reputation, disapprobation, discredit, disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, enormity, evil, ignominy, immorality, impropriety, notoriety, notoriousness, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, outrageousness, scandal, shame, stigma, villainy, and wickedness. http://thesaurus.reference.com/

2. How does this speech compare to George W. Bush’s speech to the nation after 9/11? http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gwbush911addresstothenation.htm