Question

Write one paragraph evaluating the effectiveness of

Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech following the attack on
Pearl Harbor. Cite examples from the speech to support
your evaluation.
Read the full
speech here.

Answer 1

SAMPLE RESPONSE!!! (use wisely =)

Step-by-step explanation:

Sample Response: The persuasive techniques that Franklin D. Roosevelt uses in his speech achieve his goal of gathering support for a declaration of war. Roosevelt uses loaded language such as "onslaught,” "premediated invasion,” "treachery,” and "hostilities” to create fear and anger in the audience. He also effectively uses the bandwagon technique to win over people who have doubts about war by claiming that "the people of the United States” agrees with him. Overall, Roosevelt effectively uses persuasive techniques to sway the audience.

Mine :

Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech accomplishes his objective of garnering backing for a declaration of war through the persuasive strategies he employs. In order to incite dread and rage in the audience, Roosevelt employs strong words such as "onslaught," "premediated invasion," "treachery," and "hostilities." By asserting that "the people of the United States" concur with him, he also successfully employs the bandwagon strategy to persuade people who are on the fence about going to war. Overall, Roosevelt successfully persuades the audience through persuasive strategies.

Answer 2

Was Franklin D. Roosevelt's (FDR's) speech following the attack on Pearl Harbor effective? Of course, it was.

Background

On Sunday, the 7th day of December 1941, the Japanese without formal warning launched a surprise attack on a United States base destroying thousands of lives and US military equipment and facility. It was a huge blow to the United States especially because peace talks were ongoing. During the trial at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, the attack was ruled to be a War Crime.

Following the attack, Franklin D Roosevelt gave a speech in which he attributed the attack not only to Japan but to the trio states also known as the Axis Powers - Japan, Germany, and Italy. By the 8th day of December 1941, World War II was already on as Britain was also attacked.:

The Speech

In the speech following the war, Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) the then thirty-second President of the United States of America gave a speech addressing the world. In his speech, he referred to the date of the attack as one which will be remembered for its "infamy".

1. He also stated that regardless of how long it took, the United States of America will have absolute victory.

2. In another paragraph, FDR stated that America would make sure such a thing didn't happen again.

Statement two above was achieved because, on the second day of September 1945 after two successful atomic bombings which claimed an estimated number of one hundred and sixty-five thousand lives, Japan surrendered to the United States formally after it had already done so via the radio broadcast of Emperor Hirohito.

To ensure that statement one happened, America went to court at the International War Tribunal, and Japan was also found guilty of war crimes.

Based on the above, it may be concluded that FDR's speech was very effective. For even after he had died, United States continued with the war and achieved victory.