Answer:
A. the American public.
Step-by-step explanation:
On 8 December 1941, Franklin Roosevelt delivered famous infamy speeches to the Congress in which he requested the Congress to wage war on Japan. In the speech, he pointed out why war is the only option remaining. The day after Japanese forces invaded the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, he addressed Congress and made a public appeal to the citizens of America for a declaration of war with Japan.