THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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provide aid to the Allied nations
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force the Japanese out of Korea
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increase trade with Italy
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end German violations of American territory
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Detailed explanation-1: -It also showed a growing commitment of the United States to provide aid to the Allied nations. Therefore, the correct fill is to provide aid to the Allied nations.
Detailed explanation-2: -The “cash and carry” legislation enacted in 1939 effectively ended the arms embargo that had been in place since the Neutrality Act of 1936, and paved the way for Roosevelt’s Lend-Lease program.
Detailed explanation-3: -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."
Detailed explanation-4: -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.
Detailed explanation-5: -For example, the “cash-and-carry” provisions required that belligerents pay cash on the spot for any purchase of war materiel from the United States and transport the goods in their own ships. And, American citizens were prohibited from traveling on ships operated by belligerents.