THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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The U.S. could drop large amounts of cash on European cities.
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The U.S. could sell weapons to Allies for Cash to be carried on their ships.
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The U.S. could sell cars for cash to any other country.
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The U.S. could sell weapons to Axis powers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Before passage of the Neutrality Act of 1939, Roosevelt persuaded Congress to allow the sale of military supplies to allies like France and Britain on a “cash-and-carry” basis: They had to pay cash for American-made supplies, and then transport the supplies on their own ships.
Detailed explanation-2: -A “cash-and-carry” provision in the Neutrality Act that Congress had added in 1937 permitted the sale of arms to European warring parties as long as they crossed the Atlantic on their own ships and paid for them at once in cash.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1939, after Germany invaded Poland, Roosevelt bypassed these restrictions by persuading Congress to permit the government to sell military supplies to France and Britain on a cash-and-carry basis-in other words, they could pay cash for American-made supplies and then transport them on their own ships.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1940, the “cash and carry” plan: allowed Great Britain to purchase U.S. arms on a restricted basis. Men like Henry Ford Charles, Lindbergh and Father Coughlin were members of the: America First committee, an isolationist group.