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What enabled Franklin Roosevelt to get around the restrictions of the Neutrality Acts?
President Franklin Roosevelt was able to get around the restrictions of the Neutrality acts by allowing arms to be transported to the Chinese on British ships. The Neutrality Acts were enacted by Congress in the 1930's.
Why did Congress pass the Lend-Lease Act and amend the Neutrality Acts in 1941?
President Roosevelt pressured the Congress greatly.Congress people came to realize they had to approve the act to keep the US people out of the war (not send their own men to fight).The depression caused a lot of joblessness. By approving the lend lease act there would be more jobs, ship yards reopened and other manufacturing plants could be reopened for business.The UK was desperate for everything that would be provided by the lend lease act being approved. The island nations of the UK were at the mercies of the Nazis and the US Senators and Congresspeople realized they really should help them.
What was the first Violation of the neutrality acts?
germany
How did the lend-lease act and the Atlantic charter change the U.S. involvement in world war 2?
The Lend-Lease Act, signed by Roosevelt in 1941, offered the allies access to the United States vast supply of munitions and war vehicles. This was a large step away from the neutral stance that the US had taken in the 30s with the Neutrality Acts. With the Lend-Lease Act, the United States gained the ability to openly supply any war resource to the Allies, showing that the United States had taken a strong position with the Allies. The Atlantic Charter, signed later that year, was a joint agreement between Roosevelt and Churchill on their plans for the post-war world. This was significant because it showed the world that the United States wanted a hand in defining the post-war world and would no longer sit on sidelines and be non-interventionists. Following the Lend-Lease Act and the Atlantic Charter, the United States took a stronger stance against the Axis and became more involved.
What are lend-lease payments?
During the mid-1930s, with it becoming clear that war was coming soon to Europe, the US Congress passed a series of laws aimed at keeping the US out of war. These "Neutrality Acts" disallowed the US from getting involved- it even made it illegal to sell weapons and ammunition to anybody involved in a war. Fast forward to 1941. Nazi Germany has overrun much of Europe. France has been defeated and occupied. President Roosevelt, despite the Neutrality Acts, wanted to help the British. So he was able to get a new law passed, which is nicknamed the "Lend-Lease Act". This law got around the Neutrality Acts by not selling weapons. Instead, the guns, tanks, ships, planes, etc were given to countries on the Allied side- mainly Britain and the Soviet Union- and those countries were supposed to give them back after the war was over. They were also supposed to make lease payments, just like if you rent a car or an apartment. However, the reality is that the US was more interested in winning the war than collecting the payments or equipment. After the war, a lot of the debts were ignored or heavily discounted, and those other countries often were allowed to keep most of the equipment they were given under the Act.
