HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Harry Truman
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the America First Committee
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the Anti-Imperialist League
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Detailed explanation-1: -The America First Committee (AFC) was organized in 1940 for the expressed purpose of preventing the United States from entering World War II. The AFC was headed by prominent U.S. citizens, including record-setting aviator Charles A. Lindbergh, and some members of Congress.
Detailed explanation-2: -When WWI began in Europe in 1914, many Americans wanted the United States to stay out of the conflict, supporting President Woodrow Wilson’s policy of strict and impartial neutrality. “The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name during these days that are to try men’s souls.
Detailed explanation-3: -When Hitler marched into neighboring Czechoslovakia, Austria and Poland, it prompted joint declarations of war from two of America’s closest allies, Great Britain and France.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lend-Lease and Military Aid to the Allies in the Early Years of World War II. During World War II, the United States began to provide significant military supplies and other assistance to the Allies in September 1940, even though the United States did not enter the war until December 1941.