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Congress passed a series of Neutrality Acts.
The laws made it illegal to sell arms or lend money to nations at war -
President Roosevelt asked Congress to allow the Allies to buy American arms.
The Allies would pay cash and then carry the goods on their own ships. -
Under the Lend-Lease Act is passed.
The President could lend or lease arms and other supplies to any country vital to the United States. -
The U.S. navy was escorting British ships carrying U.S. arms.
In response, Hitler ordered his submarines to sink any cargo ships they met.
Roosevelt and Churchill met secretly and issued a joint declaration called the Atlantic Center
Even though the United States had not entered war -
A German U-boat fired on a U.S. destroyer in the Atlantic.
In response, Roosevelt ordered navy commanders to shoot German submarines on sight.
The United States was now involved in an undeclared naval war with Hitler.
