The national mood when, in December 1941, the United States went to war was
a. rather businesslike: Let’s get the job done.
b. elated, almost hysterical: The Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming.
c. morbid and defeatist: This will end in disaster.
d. cheerful: We won’t be back ’til it’s over over there.
e. none of these choices.
ANS: A
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