USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The policy of Cash and Carry, the Destroyers for Naval Bases Deal, and the Lend-Lease Act were all designed to
A
contribute to the success of the Axis powers
B
relieve unemployment caused by the Great Depression
C
guarantee a third term to President Franklin D. Roosevelt
D
aid the Allies without involving the United States in war
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-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."

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: -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-4: -Ukraine Lend-Lease Act In 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act. Much like Roosevelt’s 1941 program, this act allowed the U.S. government to lend or lease a wide range of military equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.

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