In the late 1930s, the Cash-and-Carry arms sales policy of the United States was based on a desire to?

Question

a) avoid actions of the 1914-1917 period that had helped lead the United States into World War I

b) curb the expansion of the Soviet Union

c) carry out the tradition of freedom of the seas

or

d) end the Great Depression by encouraging international trade

Answer 1

The correct answer in this group is A. The US was doing what it could to maintain an official policy of neutrality; however, by the time the Imperial Japanese fleet struck Pearl Harbor, that neutrality was incredibly threadbare.

Answer 2

a. avoid actions of the 1914-1917 period that had helped lead the US inro WWI.

Answer 3

Although official U.S. policy was one of neutrality, in November 1939 Congress had approved arms sales to the European belligerents only on a cash-and-carry basis, Great Britain was fast running out of money and material.

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I choose answer "a"

Answer 4

a