Question

Read the following sentence from President Roosevelt's speech. In addition American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu. Based on this information, which of the following is a logical conclusion? The events of the war will be far-reaching. Japanese forces are nearing the United States coastline. Japan intends to attack the mainland of the United States. Japan hopes to evacuate all Japanese citizens living in California.

Answer 1

Japanese forces are nearing the United States coastline. This was a strategic quote to include. Roosevelt's entire speech is an effort to convince the American people that going to war was the best, in fact, the only, option. So he included a line about how Japan is closing in on the United States, hoping that Americans would be frightened into begging the government to fight back.