Of course,
not everyone in the United States reacted in the same way to this attack. However, the main
reaction to the attack was great anger and great patriotic fervor.
The
clearest example of this was the rush by men to volunteer for the armed services in the days
after the Pearl Harbor attack. Recruiting stations were overwhelmed in those days by people
wanting to get revenge for Pearl Harbor.
Another example was the almost
complete backing that the idea of war gained among the American people. Americans had been very
reluctant to join WWII before the attack. After the attack, polls showed that only 2% of
Americans opposed American involvement in the war (Source: Bailey, The Home Front:
U.S.A, p. 23).
Of course, there was a great deal of trepidation
among some people. There were fears of the consequences that war would bring. But the overall
feeling was that war was the only choice and that essentially all Americans should and would do
whatever they could to help win that war.
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