d War II. The attack on PearlHarbor angered the general public of the United States, and if the majority of the people want something the congress will give it to them just so that they will have a job after the next election. Therefore the majority of the congressmen voted in favor of the U.S. entering the war on the side of the Allies. Roosevelt knew that if he could get one of the axis powers to attack Americans then he could get the U.S. in the war. Roosevelt and his cabinet carefully covered their tracks very carefully so as not to leave any signs that there was foulplay. Roosevelt knew beforehand that Japan was going to attack, but he didn't take any drastic peace-keeping actions to prevent the attack, because he wanted a justifiable reason to enter the second World War....
