Ibelieve i interpret the will of the congress and of the people when i assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost

what is the main purpose of mentioning the will of the congress and of the people here?

a. to assert the right to make a decision without input from others.

b. to deflect responsibility for the decision to go to war.

c. to maintain a diplomatic tone with the allies.

d. to put forth a united opposition to the attacks.

The correct answer is D) to put forth a united opposition to the attacks.

The main purpose of mentioning the will of the Congress and of the people here was to put forth a united opposition to the attacks.

After the terrible attack of the Japanese army over Pearl Harbor island, in Hawaii, President Roosevelt delivered the "Infamy Speech" in Congress on December 8, 1941.

During the Speech, Roosevelt referred to the will of Congress like this "I believe I will interpret the will of Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never ender us again.

So we can conclude that the main purpose of mentioning the will of the Congress and of the people here was to put forth a united opposition to the attacks.

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion