110k views
2 votes
Read the following excerpt from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Day of Infamy” speech. Which line reveals the purpose of the speech?

User Vishless
by
8.1k points

1 Answer

4 votes

Answer:

I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December seventh, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.

User Vitaliy Kalinin
by
7.4k points