Chapter 5

   “...and with the lapse in time of the cable from the Japanese to the U. S. State Department,” Mrs. Claytor went on, “the attack on Pearl Harbor began before a formal declaration of war was made, and therefore the attack was considered to be a sneak attack; and the citizens of the United States were outraged. And the next day, President Roosevelt asked Congress to Declare war on Japan, Germany, and Italy, the Axis powers. He gave his famous speech to Congress, and December seventh, nineteen-forty-one will forever be remembered as ‘a day of infamy’.” 

   The teacher looked at the clock on the wall. “That's as far as we can go, today. For tomorrow, read Chapter 46, 'America Goes to War'.&...

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