After the costly US involvement in the First World War, isolationism grew in the U.S. Congress refused membership in the League of Nations, and in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia, the gradually more restrictive Neutrality Acts
were passed, which were intended to prevent the U.S. from supporting
either side in a war. The size of the U.S. military declined greatly,
with the loss of many senior officers. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to support Britain, however, and in 1940 passed the Lend-Lease
Act, which permitted an expansion of the "cash and carry" arms trade to
develop with the United Kingdom, which controlled the Atlantic sea
lanes.
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