Which policy allowed the United States to provide military aid to Allied nations before entering World War II?

• A. Neutrality Acts
• B. Lend-Lease Act
• C. Truman Doctrine
• D. Isolationism

Answer: (B)

The policy that allowed the United States to provide military aid to Allied nations before entering World War II is the Lend-Lease Act. Enacted in 1941, it let the U.S. send weapons, ships, aircraft, and other military aid to Britain and other Allies on loan or lease, without requiring immediate payment. This shifted the country from a strict neutrality stance toward active support for the Allies while avoiding a formal declaration of war—at least until after Pearl Harbor. The Neutrality Acts, in contrast, aimed to limit war involvement; the Truman Doctrine came later in the postwar era, and Isolationism describes a broader stance of staying out of foreign conflicts, not a policy of aiding friends in wartime.