On This Day The U.S. Passes FDR's HR1776

After Britain and France declared war on Germany, much of the US and the Congress were firmly antiwar isolationists that had passed legislation, including the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s, preventing the US from being involved in European affairs, and even from selling weapons and supplies to our allies.

In 1937, they loosened up a bit, but implemented a limited “cash-and-carry” for non-military goods.

HR 1776 was a plan crafted in late 1940, and passed in early 1941 after FDR's...