President Franklin D. Roosevelt had to inform congress, and they either chose to go to war or not. The Americans already knew that congress was going to vote to go to war; it was an easy decision, due to the fact that they had just been attacked. Everyone in the United States expected for the votes to be all in favor to go to war, but that wasn’t exactly. One Montana congresswoman, Jeannette Rankin, voted against the war, she was a pacifist, and decided not to vote in favor of the war. One reason why Rankin voted against the war was because she believed that the President had provoked the Japanese, which would be an excuse to go to war in Europe, and fight the German Nazis (Jeanette Rankin Casts Sole Vote against WWII) Due to her controversial decision, she was hated by all Americans, she was event threatened to be assassinated, when re-election came, she was so sure she wasn’t going to get re-elected, that she didn’t even run for re-election. The U.S. eventually went into war, the news were handed by President Roosevelt at 12:15
President Franklin D. Roosevelt had to inform congress, and they either chose to go to war or not. The Americans already knew that congress was going to vote to go to war; it was an easy decision, due to the fact that they had just been attacked. Everyone in the United States expected for the votes to be all in favor to go to war, but that wasn’t exactly. One Montana congresswoman, Jeannette Rankin, voted against the war, she was a pacifist, and decided not to vote in favor of the war. One reason why Rankin voted against the war was because she believed that the President had provoked the Japanese, which would be an excuse to go to war in Europe, and fight the German Nazis (Jeanette Rankin Casts Sole Vote against WWII) Due to her controversial decision, she was hated by all Americans, she was event threatened to be assassinated, when re-election came, she was so sure she wasn’t going to get re-elected, that she didn’t even run for re-election. The U.S. eventually went into war, the news were handed by President Roosevelt at 12:15