USA HISTORY

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill made an appeal to the U.S. government saying “Give us the tools and we’ll finish the job.” (1940) Which legislation did the U.S. Congress pass to fulfill his request?

(A) Selective Service Act

(B) ** Lend-Lease Act

(C) War Revenue Act

(D) Wagner Act

Concept note-1: -Passed on March 11, 1941, this act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed “vital to the defense of the United States."

Concept note-2: -Most importantly, passage of the Lend-Lease Act enabled a struggling Great Britain to continue fighting against Germany virtually on its own until the United States entered World War II late in 1941.

Concept note-3: -The Lend-Lease Act, approved by Congress in March 1941, had given President Roosevelt virtually unlimited authority to direct material aid such as ammunition, tanks, airplanes, trucks, and food to the war effort in Europe without violating the nation’s official position of neutrality.

Concept note-4: -Primary purpose of the Lend Lease Act of 1941? Provided that the president could ship weapons, food, or equipment to any country whose struggle against the Axis assisted U.S. defense.