The "Day of Infamy" speech given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on December 8th 1941, was given in front of the US Congress. His goal in giving this speech was to explain what happened and Pearl Harbor and ,more importantly, ask for Congress permission to declare war on Japan.
It is clear that this speech is supposed to paint the Japanese military in a negative light, as FDR calls the attack "cowardly" and "dastardly." Along with this, he is trying to invoke a sense of patriotism among the Congress, as this attack killed American soldiers/citizens. His speech rallies Congress behind this cause and results in Congress approving of war with Japan.
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The question is incomplete. This is the complete question:
What territories did the US gain as a result of winning the Spanish-American War?
The territories gained by the US included Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
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The Treaty of Paris (1898)—which was a treaty signed by the US and Spain, and a product of the Spanish-American War—consisted of agreements and terms of negotiation that favored the US, and allowed it to gain the territories of Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines—which, prior to the Paris treaty of 1898, were controlled by Spain. The US became a major power and player in the Pacific region after it gained these territories.
