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Lend-Lease Act in World War II

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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?

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?

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?

Over three dozen countries Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary reason Britain needed weapons from the U.S. during early World War II?

Britain's military was severely depleted after the evacuation of Dunkirk and needed to rearm Signup and view all the answers

What did FDR compare the urgency of the situation to?

A state of war Signup and view all the answers

What did FDR call for the U.S. to become during this time?

The 'great arsenal of democracy' Signup and view all the answers

Which countries did FDR work to provide weapons to between 1939 and 1941?

Britain and the Soviet Union Signup and view all the answers

What did FDR do to support the British war effort?

Arranged deals to provide Britain with American destroyers and leases to bases in the Atlantic Signup and view all the answers

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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Learn about the Lend-Lease Act signed between Great Britain and the United States during early World War II, which allowed the US to lend or lease military equipment to countries vital to national security.