THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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gave equal support to both the Allied and Axis Powers
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attempted to contain the spread of communism
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maintained a strict policy of isolationism
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became increasingly drawn into the war in Europe
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Detailed explanation-1: -FDR suggested amending the act to allow warring nations to purchase munitions if they paid cash and transported the goods on non-American ships, a policy that favored Britain and France.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Following two months of debate, Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act, meeting Great Britain’s deep need for supplies and allowing the United States to prepare for war while remaining officially neutral.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Neutrality Acts were a series of acts passed by the US Congress in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939 in response to the growing threats and wars that led to World War II.