Franklin Roosevelt's Infamy Speech

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''Deadly Calm,'' Franklin Roosevelt's wife words about her husband the same day of the attack. The next day after the attack on Pearl Harbor President Roosevelt gave the famous speech ‘’A date that will live in infamy’’ which includes quotes like ''Whatever is asked of [America] we shall accomplish it; we are the free and unconquerable people of the U.S.A'' President Roosevelt asked congress to declare war on the Japanese and Congress agreed and The U.S are in World War II. The U.S also exchanged conferences and allies to stop the Axis power. The countries that are the Axis Power include Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, and Finland. As a woman," she said, "I can’t go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else." Jeannette