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What was the main purpose of the Lend-Lease Act?
What was the main purpose of the Lend-Lease Act?
- To provide economic aid to countries struggling during the Great Depression
- To authorize the President to lend or lease military hardware to countries vital to national security (correct)
- To limit the President's power and keep the U.S. out of World War II
- To allow the U.S. to sell arms to any country for cash and carry
What was the main limitation on U.S. arms sales to countries like Britain before the Lend-Lease Act?
What was the main limitation on U.S. arms sales to countries like Britain before the Lend-Lease Act?
- The U.S. was prohibited from selling any weapons or military hardware
- The U.S. was required to get approval from Congress for each arms sale
- The U.S. was only allowed to sell arms for cash and carry (correct)
- The U.S. could only sell small arms and ammunition, not heavy military equipment
What was the main opposition to the Lend-Lease Act?
What was the main opposition to the Lend-Lease Act?
- Worries that it would hurt the U.S. economy by providing military aid for free
- Objections from the American public who did not want to support the Allies in the war
- Concerns that it would give the President too much power and fears of getting involved in the war in Europe (correct)
- Disagreements within Congress about the specific terms and conditions of the aid program
How many countries had received aid through the Lend-Lease Act by the end of World War II?
How many countries had received aid through the Lend-Lease Act by the end of World War II?
What was the primary reason Britain needed weapons from the U.S. during early World War II?
What was the primary reason Britain needed weapons from the U.S. during early World War II?
What did FDR compare the urgency of the situation to?
What did FDR compare the urgency of the situation to?
What did FDR call for the U.S. to become during this time?
What did FDR call for the U.S. to become during this time?
Which countries did FDR work to provide weapons to between 1939 and 1941?
Which countries did FDR work to provide weapons to between 1939 and 1941?
What did FDR do to support the British war effort?
What did FDR do to support the British war effort?
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Study Notes
- Britain needed weapons during early World War II, leading to the signing of the Lend-Lease Act between Great Britain and the United States.
- Before the Act, the U.S. was limited by the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing only cash and carry sales of arms to countries like England.
- The Lend-Lease Act, signed in March 1941, authorized the President to lend or lease military hardware to countries vital to national security.
- The Act faced opposition from Americans who feared it would give the President too much power and from isolationists in Congress who did not want to get involved in the war in Europe.
- By the war's end, over three dozen countries had received aid through the Lend-Lease Act, totaling billions of dollars.
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