USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What US policy allowed the sale, loan, or lease of war materials to any country whose defense was necessary for US security?
A
Lend Lease
B
Neutrality Act
C
Cash and Carry
D
Borrow and Pay
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Citation: Lend Lease Bill, dated January 10, 1941. Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, HR 77A-D13, Record Group 233, National Archives.

Detailed explanation-2: -L. 77–11, H.R. 1776, 55 Stat. 31, enacted March 11, 1941), was a policy under which the United States supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, France, China, and other Allied nations with food, oil, and materiel between 1941 and 1945.

Detailed explanation-3: -On this date, the House of Representatives voted to give final approval to the Lend-Lease Act (H.R. 1776)-authorizing the President to sell, lease, or lend military hardware to any country he designated as vital to American national security.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of the most important was the 1941 approval of Lend-Lease, which allowed the United States to transfer arms to nations vital to the national defense.

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