In order to assist the Allies immediately after WWII began, President Roosevelt: a) gave fifty destroyers to the British b) placed a total embargo on trade to Nazi Germany c) provided lend-lease assistance to the Allies d) initiated the first peacetime draft in US history e) none of these

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12 February, 18:03

In order to assist the Allies immediately after WWII began, President Roosevelt: a) gave fifty destroyers to the British b) placed a total embargo on trade to Nazi Germany c) provided lend-lease assistance to the Allies d) initiated the first peacetime draft in US history e) none of these

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Destinee · Answer 1

C) provided lend-lease assistance to the Allies.

Explanation:

While formally remaining a neutral country in 1939, 1940 and until December 1941, the United States passed the Lend-Lease Act and this allowed Great Britain to buy American war supplies and materiel from the US. The act made it possible to the US to lend or lease those supplies to "nations vital to the defense of the Unites States," the law said.