Connection Across Time: Chapter 31

My connection for Chapter 31 is between the September 11 attacks and Pearl Harbor. The attacks of Pearl Harbor were done by the Japanese as their way of trying to involve America in the war by means of violence, rather than supplying goods to allied countries. Pearl Harbor was an unexpected attack that hit America hard, because we had not had a war come that close to home since the Civil War. The attacks of September 11 were also unexpected and hit America extremely hard. The attacks of September 11 were done by Al-Qaeda in an effort to break down our country. The attacks of September 11 backfired on Al-Qaeda though, because America only came back stronger. Because of September 11, American citizens realized that we needed to become more nationalistic which brought us together in the War on Terror. Pearl Harbor and 9/11 both refreshed America's nationalism.