Transcript Pearl Harbor - My Teacher Pages

Pearl Harbor: A Day that will
Live in Infamy
Created by some students and adapted by Ms. Olson
1. is Pearl Harbor?
• Pearl Harbor is a natural
harbor located on the
southern end of the island
of Oahu in the state of
Hawaii (Hawaii was still
a U.S. territory in 1941).
2. What purpose did Pearl Harbor serve?
• Pearl Harbor was an
excellent place for the
U.S. Navy to use as a
harbor for its ships. The
mountains of Oahu were
thought to be an excellent
protection against an
enemy invasion.
• The location in Hawaii
helped the US Navy patrol
the Pacific Ocean.
3. Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
Hideki Tojo, military ruler of Japan
• The U.S. had put an
embargo (cut off supply)
on oil and planes to Japan.
Japan needed these to
complete its military
conquest of the Pacific
and Asia. Japan, felt it
was only a matter of time
until the U.S. tried to stop
them militarily.
4. Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
(Continued)
• The Japanese decided to
strike first in a surprise
attack. The place they
could hurt the U.S. most
was at Pearl Harbor,
where much of the U.S.
Pacific fleet was docked.
Japanese planes attacking Pearl Harbor
5. What happened on the day of the attack?
• Sunday, December 7,
1941, 7:55 AM: The
Japanese air force attacks
Pearl Harbor in a surprise
attack. The American
Naval Base was caught
completely off guard. By
the time the U.S. forces
could mount a resistance,
nearly 2,400 people died
in the attack.
6. What happened on the day of the attack?
(Continued)
• The Japanese attack
destroyed five battleships,
three cruisers, and several
smaller vessels, while
wiping out almost 200
airplanes.
7. What happened the day of the attack?
(Continued)
• Hardest hit was the USS
Arizona, the Arizona was
hit by several Japanese
bombs and sunk to the
bottom of Pearl Harbor.
Nearly 1,200 sailors were
killed, only 300 survived.
The USS Arizona going down in flames
8. What happened the day of the attack?
(Continued)
• 15 year old sailor Martin
Matthews was on board
the Arizona and was
blown overboard by the
explosion. Matthews
explains, “There were
steel fragments in the
air…and pieces of
bodies.”
9. What happened the day of the attack?
(Continued)
• Today the sailors who
gave their lives on the
USS Arizona are honored
by a monument in Pearl
Harbor.
USS Arizona submerged beneath Memorial
10. What was the reaction to the bombing by
Americans?
• “We felt, this is our
country , and we’re going
to fight to defend it.
When we got home that
evening we were glued to
the radio.”
• Dellie Hahne, college
student at Santa Barbara
College in CA
11. How did our government react to the Pearl
Harbor bombing?
• “...a state of war has
existed between the
United States and the
Japanese empire.”
• Franklin D. Roosevelt,
December 8, 1941
President Roosevelt signing declaration of war
12. How did Pearl Harbor change the US
position in WWII?
• The US declared war on
Japan and officially
became an Allied Power.
• After Pearl Harbor,
millions of men and
women pulled together in
support of the Allied
Powers.
13. Could the United States have prevented
this from happening?
President Roosevelt
• This is a matter of
controversy in social
studies that you can decide
for yourself. Historians
are split on whether or not
President Roosevelt knew
about the impending
attack, and if he just let it
happen to give the U.S. an
excuse to go to war.
(Continued on next page)
14. What do you think? Would the President of
the United States sacrifice thousands of lives just
for an excuse to enter the war? What did he have
to benefit from this? (Keep in mind the war did
end The Depression.) If FDR did know, why
didn’t the U.S. at least mount some sort of
defense? (We still probably would’ve gone to war
if we won the Battle of Pearl Harbor.) Your
opinion could be the right answer, because no
one knows for sure.
15. How does Pearl Harbor affect us today?
• Due to the bravery of the
men and women who
risked or lost their lives at
Pearl Harbor, the only
invasion of this country in
the 20th century.
• Some historians make
comparisons with the
attack on September 11,
2001
Pearl Harbor Quiz
(Click on the answer you think is correct)
1. In what state is Pearl Harbor located?
A. Oahu
B. Hawaii
C. Florida
D. California
Pearl Harbor Quiz (Continued)
2. What purpose did Pearl Harbor serve?
A. A vacation resort
B. A place for manufacturing weapons
C. A naval base
D. A body of water for mining pearls
Pearl Harbor Quiz (Continued)
3. Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
A. Germany, their ally, told them to
B. Revenge for the bombing of Hiroshima
C. They wanted to take over the United States
D. They wanted to destroy the U.S. Navy
Pearl Harbor Quiz (Continued)
4. What did the U.S. do that angered Japan and led
them to attack?
A. Put an embargo on oil and planes to Japan
B. Put thousands of Japanese-Americans in
internment camps
C. Bombed Tokyo
D. Took Pearl Harbor from the Japanese
Pearl Harbor Quiz (Continued)
5. 1,200 U.S. sailors died when the Japanese sunk
what ship?
A. USS Pennsylvania
B. USS Arizona
C. USS Oklahoma
D. USS West Virginia
List of Works Cited
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http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/space/hawaii/maps/Oahu_map.758x554.gif (Map of Oahu)
http://www.execpc.com/~dshaaf/bshipro2.html (Map of battleship row)
http://www.isd.net/aswanson/ww2his/tojo.htm (Picture of Tojo)
http://movieboxoffice.about.com/library/bl/gallery/blpearl01.htm (Pictures from the movie
Pearl Harbor)
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/photos.html (Pictures of FDR)
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/wwphotos.html (pictures of sinking of USS Arizona)
http://www.homestead.com/ibnease/index.html (USS Arizona Memorial)
http://memory.loc.gov (Picture of man and daughter listening to the radio)
http://www.iwojima.com/raising/lflaga.gif (Flag raising over Iwo Jima)
http://www.essentialpearlharbor.com/osehphsounds.html (Sound waves of CBS Broadcast and
FDR’s speech)
http://www.thedeskof.com/thoughts/god_bless_America.htm (Kate Smith’s “God Bless
America”)
http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/collections/wwii-posters/img/ww1647-91.jpg (Poster after
Pearl Harbor)
http://www.cinemenium.com (Video Trailer of Pearl Harbor)
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