HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act that was passed in March of 1941?
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It was part of the New Deal.
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It was to help American farmers get new farming equipment.
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It solidified the U.S.’s commitment to neutrality in the war.
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It allowed the United States to sell, lend, or give ships, planes, tanks, or other equipment to the Allies.
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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: -The Lend-Lease Act passage of 1941 was a signal towards the end of American neutrality in World War II.
Detailed explanation-3: -Totaling $11.3 billion, or $180 billion in today’s currency, the Lend-Lease Act of the United States supplied needed goods to the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1945 in support of what Stalin described to Roosevelt as the “enormous and difficult fight against the common enemy-bloodthirsty Hitlerism.”
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