December 8, 1941 was a solemn day. The day after Japan dropped the bomb on PearlHarbor, the people of the United States mourned. If ever there was a time when Americanswanted to enter World War II, it was then. The United Sates had been deceived by the Empire ofJapan, with whom they thought they were at peace. Franklin Roosevelt’s speech to Congress,asking for permission to declare war on Japan, shows the resentment and despair of the Americanpeople. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, many Americans felt a lot of resentment against Japan,and the Japanese. Much of this resentment arose because Japan gave the United States a falsehope of peace between the two countries. Also, from the evidence, it appeared that the attackwas premeditated. Because of the distance between Japan and Hawaii, it was found that theattack had been planned days, possibly weeks beforehand (Roosevelt, 170). During the timebefore the attack, the Japanese had deceived the United States into believing they were at peacewith one another. Because of the bombing by Japan, the American people were mourning the loss of theirsoldiers’ lives. They also were angry with the destruction of the naval and military forces, alongwith the attacks on Hong Kong, Guam, the Philippine Islands, Wake Island, and Midway Islandall within hours of each other. The American people, along with the government, wanted nothingmore than to destroy Japan, and win the war.In the Monica Sone document, I belief that the frustrations that the Americans werefeeling are expressed in their entirety. The American people were so angry with the Japanesepeople, and so afraid that the Japanese would attack again, that the Americans basically rejectedanyone that looked Japanese. To the Americans, regardless of whether you were native born, ifyou looked Japanese you were the enemy. The American government did not want to takechances, so they gathered all the people of Japanese...
