1. The American Emergency
... find as many American civilian casualties one would have to refer all the way back to the civil war. Never has America suffered such an attack. Not since Pearl Harbor had America been directly attacked substantially by a foreign power, and even then Pearl Harbor was a completely different form of attack. Pearl Harbor was the first major strike against America as a nation, which was terrifying ... enough, but it was different. The bombing of Pearl Harbor was during a time when Americans were on edge and the world was at war, unlike the peace and prosperity America was experiencing in 2001...
- Word Count: 2849
- Approx Pages: 11
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- Grade Level: High School