Pearl Harbor

Eventually, Japan started becoming a threat to the United States because of their overwhelming power. America built naval ships in Hawaii (very close to Japan) and the Japanese people were very afraid of an incoming attack. The United States also stopped
exporting goods that Japan needed. We were also sending aid to China to fight against Japan.

 On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the naval base of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Almost all U.S. planes and battleships were destroyed. President Roosevelt and Congress declared war on Japan and shortly after Japan’s allies, Germany and Italy, declared war on the United States.