Question

2. How does the Cash & Carry Act

allow the US to claim it was neutra
during this stage of WW2?

Answer 1

After a fierce debate in Congress, in November of 1939, a final Neutrality Act passed. This Act lifted the arms embargo and put all trade with belligerent nations under the terms of “cash-and-carry.” The ban on loans remained in effect, and American ships were barred from transporting goods to belligerent ports.