Roosevelt Infamy Speech by Jorge Moreno

After Japan had successfully attacked the United States, severely crippling the American navy, a great majority of the American people were for going to war. The day after the bombing, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the Infamy speech to a joint session in Congress. The name of the speech came from the first line in his speech which describes the previous day as "a date which will live in infamy'. Roosevelt's speech encouraged American politicians into declaring war.Thirty-three minutes after the speech, congress declared war on Japan with only one congress member opposing. The speech attracted the attention of over 81 percent of Americans who tuned in to the radio broadcast. The response to the declaration of war was mainly positive with a surge of volunteer wanting to get recruited into the army. The antiwar effort severely declined and even Hollywood supported the war effort by making many war related movies.