Which line from the text explains why americans were surprised at the japanese attacks

The line from the text that explains why Americans were surprised at the Japanese attacks is “the United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its Government”. This line makes the most sense.


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go to crash course lititure and go to seconed page and it shows a video about that