Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation, and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its Emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific.—President Franklin D. Roosevelt, speech to Congress, December 8, 1941 The event President Roosevelt refers to in his speech directly resulted in — war beginning in Vietnam many Americans losing their jobs the United States entering the Second World War the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States