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The United States involvement in World War Two was brought on by the attack of Pearl Harbor. At the beginning of the war President Theodore Roosevelt called his cabinet together and they decided to stay neutral throughout the war, favoring no sides. They feared risky the fate of their economy, which was quickly on the rise, due to the trades they were doing with the countries at war. Also the new technologies being used in the war were foreign to the troops of the United States. The evolution of the tank proved to be far superior to what these troops were ready to handle. Another reason the United States decided to stay neutral was because of the geographic isolation the United States endured. Because the war was taking place on land across the sea, the American government deemed this to be an unfair advantage because of the movement they would have to make of military supplies to engage in combat. The cons of becoming involved in the war far outweighed the pros.

In 1941, 6 December the war was brought to the soil of the United States. The naval base of Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii was attacked by Japanese bombers. Since the United States believed to be neutral in the war they were not prepared for such an attack. Word had spread that an attack was coming, but it was too late to get the word out, due to the isolation of the Hawaii islands. The ships on the yard that day were sitting ducks, and created a trap for the American soldiers due to the destruction. This event led the United States to vastly rethink their involvement in the war, and deemed it preposterous to allow a foreign country to believe they could attack the United States without repercussions. Congress would soon grant the presidents wish, and called into action the American armed forces to engage in World War Two.

The war would take many years, cost many lives, and a lot of money. This war set the precedent for the future of the United States population, backing their homeland. Bring a country together on such a large scale, twice, in a matter of years only strengthened the patriotism of its people. Citizens were now seeing the war as an opportunity to give back to their country, for all that it had done for him. They realized that to be a free country, at some point in time one would have to take up arms to defend against a foreign enemy. This ideology would be the face of the United States. In history American citizens would not back down and would come together to fight for what they believed in was necessary to obtain the rights of the American constitution, and freedom. Though America was viewed as a mediator of the Second World War, they would rise to be a world power from its ashes.