Order Instructions
Please make sure both discussions is separate
Discussion 6
Directions
Respond to the following prompt:
The Module 4 soundscape features one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s most famous speeches: his request that Congress declare war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. How did Roosevelt frame this speech? How does Roosevelt’s speech to declare war on Japan compare to Woodrow Wilson’s speech asking for congress to declare war on Germany in 1917?
Discussion 7
Directions
Respond to the following prompt:
Why did President Harry Truman order the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan in 1945?
What was the alternative that was unacceptable to Truman?
(please do not explain how you would have done it differently – only demonstrate an understanding of Truman’s motives)