On Saturday, December 6th, U.S. ... Later that same day, the U.S. code-breaking service began intercepting a 14-part Japanese message and deciphered the first 13 parts, passing them on to the President and Secretary of State. ... Germany and Italy declared war on the United States on December 11. ... Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral Nagumo, received his final orders on December 1st, and on the morning of December 7th, the battle group was in position 275 miles north of Hawaii. ... Guam fell on December 10th, Wake Island on December 23rd and the British surrendered Hong Kong on December 25th. ...

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" Indeed these words very accurately describe the problems faced by the people of America from that time till December 1941.People fail to realize that this man had a idea for this country and didn't stop till he made an impact and that made this man destined to become one of the most remembered out of all of our presidents, though before he spoked these everlasting words on March 4, 1933. Roosevelt had in fact spoken what was realized later down the road eight years later when the Japanese army attacked The Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 which brought the United States into the Se...

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Moving Cautiously Away from Neutrality Sept 8 1939 Roosevelt calls a specials session of congress to revise Neutrality Acts When they met, Roosevelt proposed a "cash and carry" provision this let other nations buy arms from the US if they paid cash and brought them home on their own ships This would help keep the US out of the war The Axis Threat Summer of 1940 France had fallen, Britain was under siege by German Luftwaffe Sept 1940 Japan, Germany, Italy signed the Tripartite Pact and they became known as the Axis Powers Under the treaty watch country agreed to come to...

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On December 7th, the Pearl Harbour in Hawaii fell under attack from the Japanese. ... He would then be asked his preference in the type of service. ... Women got incorporated into the military as WAC (Women's Army Corps), WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service). ...

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Now John Kennedy, working as a reporter for the Hearst International News Service, decided to enter politics himself. ... Kennedy sought with significant success to attract brilliant young people to government service. ... The most original piece of legislation Kennedy put through Congress was the bill creating the Peace Corps, an organization that trained American volunteers to perform charitable services in other countries. ... On December 25, 1962, 1113 prisoners were released in exchange for food and medical supplies valued at a total of approximately $53 million. ...

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As Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: "(1) - Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. (2) - Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. (3) - The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures" (Universal Declaration of Human Rights). ... The General ...

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The Importance and Effects of U.S. Involvement in World War I and II Only about two hundred years old, the United States had developed into a major world power by the beginning of the 20th Century. The 1900's marked the beginning of a drastic change in the economy, communications and technologies. The world was in constant change. July 28, 1914 was a date that would change the world forever. ...

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