"Day of Infamy" speech

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The "Day of Infamy" speech is Franklin D. Roosevelt’s historic address to the U.S. Congress on December 8, 1941, calling for a declaration of war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Generate an image of the "Day of Infamy" speech (The "Day of Infamy" speech is Franklin D. Roosevelt’s historic address to the U.S. Congress on December 8, 1941, calling for a declaration of war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political speech ⓘ
speech ⓘ
war address ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Infamy Speech ⓘ
Pearl Harbor address to the nation ⓘ
audience American public ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
author Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
broadcastMedium radio ⓘ
broadcastNetwork U.S. radio networks ⓘ
city Washington, D.C. ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1941-12-08 ⓘ
dateOfRelatedEvent 1941-12-07 ⓘ
eventFollowed attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
governmentBodyAddressed United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II era ⓘ
linked to: World War II
language English ⓘ
mentions American casualties ⓘ
American naval and air forces ⓘ
Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

Pacific area ⓘ
openingLine Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy— ⓘ
place United States Capitol ⓘ
politicalContext U.S. isolationism before Pearl Harbor ⓘ
purpose to rally American support for entering World War II ⓘ
to request a declaration of war on Japan ⓘ
relatedCountry Japan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
relatedDocument U.S. declaration of war on Japan ⓘ
relatedEvent Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
bombing of U.S. naval and military bases in Hawaii ⓘ
relatedPerson Cordell Hull ⓘ
Emperor Hirohito ⓘ
Harry S. Truman ⓘ
result United States declaration of war on Japan ⓘ
formal entry of the United States into World War II ⓘ
rhetoricalDevice appeal to patriotism ⓘ
framing of attack as unprovoked and treacherous ⓘ
moral condemnation of enemy actions ⓘ
significance one of the most famous speeches in American history ⓘ
symbol of U.S. entry into World War II ⓘ
turning point in U.S. foreign policy ⓘ
speaker Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
topic Japanese military aggression in the Pacific ⓘ
United States declaration of war on Japan ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
year 1941 ⓘ

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Franklin D. Roosevelt → famousSpeech → "Day of Infamy" speech ⓘ
subject linked to: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Day of Infamy" speech → alsoKnownAs → Infamy Speech ⓘ
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"Day of Infamy" speech → alsoKnownAs → Pearl Harbor address to the nation ⓘ
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"Day of Infamy" speech → topic → United States declaration of war on Japan ⓘ
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"Day of Infamy" speech → relatedDocument → U.S. declaration of war on Japan ⓘ
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Four Freedoms → articulatedIn → 1941 State of the Union Address ⓘ
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Freedom from Want → inspiredBy → State of the Union Address (1941) ⓘ
linked to: "Day of Infamy" speech
Infamy Speech → alsoKnownAs → Day of Infamy speech ⓘ
linked to: "Day of Infamy" speech
Infamy Speech → alsoKnownAs → Pearl Harbor speech ⓘ
linked to: "Day of Infamy" speech