Harrison, Scott. A date which will live in infamy. Latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2012.

I got a lot of my research and background information on the bombing of Pearl Harbor from this website. It talks about before the bombing happened, during the bombing and what the President was doing, and then Americas actions declaring war on the Japanese. The usefulness of this website to my topic is that I gained the knowledge of what and why the President even gave his speech in the first place. This article gives me the information of what he was speaking about. Dec. 7, 1941: The United States naval base at Pearl Harbor is attacked by Japanese planes launched from six aircraft carriers. Four U.S. battleships are sunk, and four others damaged. Over 2,400 Americans are killed, including 1,177 on the battleship Arizona. Japanese losses were light, 29 aircraft destroyed, five midget subs lost, 64 killed and one midget sub sailor captured. This two quotes show us the significant difference of the amount of lives lost at Pearl Harbor compared to Japan. This shows that Japan meant business and was coming here to kill and that we couldnt just sit back and not declare war on them.

A Date Which Will Live in Infamy. Historymatters.gmu.edu. History Matters. n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2012. From this website, I got most of my content of my speech that I will be giving on FDRs declaration of war on Japan. You can tell President Roosevelt was calm, but he knew he has to take immediate action on what the Japanese had just done to the US. The usefulness of this website to my topic is that it gives me the whole speech written out, and I can dig deep into it instead of listening to it. The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. As commander in chief of the Army and Navy I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense. These two quotes are very significant because it shows how he addresses that America has been attacked, and then he says how we are going to take immediate action.

Franklin D Roosevelt Biography. Spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk. Spartacus Educational. n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2012 In this biography of President Roosevelt, I got the information of his background information and his credentials to be in the presidential office and to have given the infamy speech. It also gives brief summaries of all his speeches he gave while he was in office. The usefulness of this page was for me to learn more about my speaker while I listen and read the infamy speech. So now I know more about him as I watch him. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a distant cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, was born in Hyde Park, New York on 30th January, 1882. He was a successful student and did well at Harvard University and Columbia Law Schools, before being admitted to the New York bar in 1907. The usefulness of these two quotes is because they show that FDR was basically growing up to be a successful man by just his family alone. His cousin was a president, and his family was wealthy and gave President a good education.

Pearl Harbor Day: December 7, 1941 'A date which will live in infamy': Pearl Harbor Photos. Nydailynews.com. Daily News. n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2012. The bombing of Pearl Harbor caused great destruction and killed many American lives when the Japanese surprised attacked the Americans at the pearl harbor navel port. From this, President Roosevelt gave his infamy speech and had to declare war on Japan immediately causing America to do what it didnt want to do, enter World War II. The usefulness of this page wasnt the text and context of it, but more of the pictures. The pictures give me this emotion to what reality America was going through at the time of the bombing, and why the President had to take immediate action. A day after the attack, President Franklin D, Roosevelt signed the Declaration of War against Japan on Dec. 8, 1941. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dubbed the attack as 'a date which will live in infamy,' and he couldn't have predicted it better. 70 years later, Americans vividly remember what happened on that fateful day. The quotes that I chose were for one reason, and that is to show of how important that day in history was. The first one shows the president signing the declaration of war, and the second one shows how his decision signing it will go done in history in which it did.

Teaching With Documents: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy. Archives.gov. National Achieves. n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2012. President Roosevelt had much work to do before giving his A day that will live in infamy speech. From the time of the bombing which was December 7th, all the way until December 8th the next day he was preparing for his declaration of war speech on Japan. The usefulness of this article was, it gave me the knowledge of the type of pressure and anxious state of mind that the President was in once this bombing had happened. He knew right away that he was going to have to declare war on who he thought was he ally. Harry Hopkins, were interrupted by a telephone call from Secretary of War Henry Stimson and told that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor. At 4:00 p.m. that same afternoon, President Roosevelt signed the declaration of war. These two quotations are useful to my speech because they give me the immediate time right when the attack happened, and the time of when he finally declared war on Japan.