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When President Roosevelt said on December 7, 1941 that the date would live in infamy he meant that the day would be remembered as a dishonorable and disgraceful day in American history do to the large loss of life from the Pearl Harbor attacks. Therefore, out of these words Roosevelt was equating the attacks to being done in manner that could be equated with "dishonor."
Immigrants couldn't get a stable financial situation because of the shortage of money in the United States.
Old history work contained mythology. Modern history work covers anything that happened at the last 220 years of human existence(after French revolution).