Question

1. explain in your own words, how did america react to the attack on pearl harbor and how did the attack impact or change america? impacted by __.
2. select a quote from the text that supports your answer to question 3

american civilians in general were unaware of their government’s embargo of japanese resources. therefore, they were more likely to view the actions of pearl harbor as an unprovoked sneak attack. for americans, pearl harbor also had the effect of unifying the population around a national identity. pearl harbor, was the first and only attack on the united states homeland during world war 2.
before pearl harbor, americans remained largely indifferent towards the war. that attitude changed after the events of december 7th, 1941. like the exclamation
emember the alamo!\ before it,
emember pearl harbor!\ was used to rally public support for the war. this is why franklin d. roosevelt obsessed over fine - tuning his response to the attack, writing three drafts of his speech before the next day. roosevelt wanted to emphasize the unexpected nature of the attack: \a few words later, he changed his report that the united states of america was ‘simultaneously and deliberately attacked’ to ‘suddenly and deliberately attacked.’ at the end of the first sentence, he wrote the words, ‘without warning,’ but later crossed them out.\
making the japanese attack appear as a complete surprise and unprovoked was an issue of extreme importance to roosevelt and his government. american officials sought to show themselves as completely unaware, victims of an unpredictable act of japanese violence. the notion that the united states government was unaware of japan’s incoming attack can be questioned based on the historical record.. historians describe the amount of the government’s awareness of an attack saying that: \washington had sent repeated alerts to all the pacific bases—indeed, fdr had personally ordered warnings sent on november 27 and 28, which included a note that in a confrontation, the united states would prefer to have the enemy fire first.\ though american intelligence did not know the precise location of the attack, they knew of japan’s plan for a military attack in the event negotiations broke down.

Explanation:

For question 3: Americans saw Pearl Harbor as an unprovoked sneak attack (since most didn't know of the U.S. resource embargo on Japan). The attack ended U.S. indifference to WWII, unified the population around national identity, and the slogan "Remember Pearl Harbor!" rallied public support for entering the war. It was the first and only WWII homeland attack, shifting the nation from neutrality to active wartime participation.
For question 4: A supporting quote directly ties to the reaction and impact described in question 3.

Answer:

1. America reacted to the Pearl Harbor attack by viewing it as an unprovoked sneak attack (due to most civilians being unaware of the U.S. embargo on Japanese resources), abandoning its prior indifference to World War II, unifying around a national identity, and rallying behind the war effort with the slogan "Remember Pearl Harbor!". The attack impacted America by ending its neutrality, drawing it fully into World War II, and creating a unified national wartime mindset, as it was the first and only attack on U.S. homeland during the war.
2. "Before Pearl Harbor, Americans remained largely indifferent towards the war. That attitude changed after the events of December 7th, 1941. Like the exclamation 'Remember the Alamo!' before it, 'Remember Pearl Harbor!' was used to rally public support for the war."