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Name:_____________

Date:______________
Period:____________
Double Entry Journal Worksheet

Idea from Text My Reaction

“Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date What I found interesting is the way “world
which will live in world history, the United history” and “simultaneously” were
States of America was simultaneously crossed out and replaced by infamy and
and deliberately attacked”(Page 1) suddenly. I cannot begin to describe the
number of ideas that were flowing through
his mind, trying to come up with a speech
like this. Being the front of the nation, he
had to address the people in less than 24
hours, and while he was doing this, he
was pondering the idea of war.
XYZ(Name of Student) mentioned that
this is the line that is most remembered
for that speech. Maybe he revised it a lot
in order to make sure it would stick to the
minds of the American people.

America ties to God During Page 3 of the last document, there


is a section with the phrase “deity”. This
means that there is a connection to God
in this action. This was a time where the
American people were looking for
answers, their loved ones have been
attacked and possibly killed. FDR’s "With
confidence in our armed forces-with the
unbounding determination of our
people-we will gain the inevitable
triumph-so help us God."(3) shows that
people needed to feel connected and it
was through religion that they were able
to do so.

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