How Did Pearl Harbor Change America

Throughout time in History there have been major obstacles and setbacks in the development our country to expand our economy, and wealth to our greatest potential. However, we have met some complications from some other countries, and a strong opposing force or a terrorist organization whose goal was to weaken our economy and stop the Great Country of America. A major attempt at this took over half a century ago in the state of Hawaii at Pearl Harbor, which was bombed from Japanese fighter planes and around 2500 innocent Americans died, from a surprise attack, which was an attempt for Japan to become a major world power after leaving economical isolation. Another attempt to undermine the powers of America took place in the early 21st century on September …show more content…
When this attack first happened it was like any normal day, same old routine, then at approximately 7:55 A.M planes were seen over the horizon and before the harbor and island knew it they were being bombed. Japan left havoc and a mess with 2,403 people dead along with about 1000 injured, 188 planes destroyed and 8 battleships. The only things people heard were the booms and screams from explosions. One description of Pearl Harbor shows the impact of the missiles were so powerful that they were so powerful that they knocked the battleships 6 feet above the water. All of this was caused within 10 quick minutes because of several reasons. Starting with the fact that Japan was well on their way to become the most powerful naval group and America stood in their way, and also the laws imposed by the President Roosevelt limited what they could do! Lastly, Japan wanted to crush the American dream since we were still recovering from WWI and that they needed to advance into Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, where it sought access to natural resources such as oil and rubber. Later after this horrible and monumental event that