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Task: Answer the following questions based on the sources and information provided on the previous pages 1. In what 2 ways did Roosevelt potentially provoke Japan into taking action against the U.S.? (2 pts) 1) He harshly denounced their continued assault on China. 2) He ended a long standing American commercial treaty with the Tokyo government. 2. What 2 misconceptions held by U.S. military officials led to the Japanese success with the attack? (2 pts) 1) Officials were paying more attention to a large Japanese convoy moving southward through the China Sea. 2) Most officials felt that Hawaii was so far from Japan that an attack was not possible. 3. Looking at Source A, how does the arrangement of the battleships help with success of the attack? (2 pts) - All of the American ships were clustered together, making it easy for Japna to take out all the ships at one time. 4. Why was it important that the Pacific fleet’s aircraft carriers, submarines, and fuel oil storage came out undamaged in the attack? (2 pts) - These assets formed the foundation for the American response that led to victory at the Battle of Midway. 5. Why did Winston Churchill call President Roosevelt and inform him about the Japanese attacks on British colonies? (2 pts) - Winston Churchill wanted to inform FDR that Britain would declare war the next day. 6. After reading Source C, how did Corporal E.C. Nightingale survived the sinking of the Arizona? (2 pts) - He said that if it wasn’t for the major reaching out and grabbing his shirt, he would have drowned. 7. What event in your own lifetime mirrors the attack on Pearl Harbor? How so? Give at least 2 similarities (3 pts) - Thave not had an event in my lifetime that mirrors the attack on Pearl Harbor. 8. Pearl Harbor was not the only Japanese offensive that day. Looking at Source E, what six other attacks were coordinated by the Japanese? (2 pts) 1) Malaya 3) Guam 5) Wake Island 2) Hong Kong 4) Philippine Islands 6) Midway Island 9. How did the bombing of Pearl Harbor potentially change the outcome of World War I1? Explain your answer? (3 pts) - The bombing of Pearl Harbor potentially changed the outcome of World War II. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, it brought the United States into World War II. Without the United States creating a nuclear bomb, World War II would not have ended when it did.