CLASSIFIED CASE FILE “A Day The Will Live in Infamy” December 7, 1941, the Japanese shocked the world by bombing the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and launched the United States into WWII

Who authored the document? When was the document authored? What type of document? Who was the audience for the document? Why was it created? Who was the aggressor in the incident according to the document? Document A Document B See Handout Detective Log

Document A Treaty of Kanagawa

Document B Executive Order: 8832 Franklin D. Roosevelt Date: July 26, 1941

Document C The “Konoe Message”

Document D September 6th, th Imperial Conference of Empire of Japan Topic: Imperial Policy Execution Outline

Document E Verbal Directive of the Chief of the Naval General Staff 2 December 1941 Verbal Directive to: Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet (in Tokyo at the time)

Document F December 6, 1941 From: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United State To: Emperor Hirohito of Japan

Questions to Consider  What questions did you ask while evaluating these sources?  On what points do the accounts agree?  On what points do the accounts differ?  Which of these sources aligns most closely with what you already knew about the attack on Pearl Harbor? Please explain?  Which of these sources is most reliable in determining what actions of the United States and Japan? Why do you think so?  Describe the difficulties in developing an accurate account of historical events such as the attack on Pearl Harbor?  If you were asked to write your own historical account of the events during the events leading up the attack of Pearl Harbor, how would you go about doing so?

Cracking the Case Based on your analysis of the documents and citing evidence to support your answer, please write a one-page summary, which answers the following questions: Was every step taken by both the United States and Japan to avoid war? Were Japan’s justified? Did the United States back Japan into a corner?