In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt responded to the start of World War II in Europe by
(a) asking Congress to enter the war
(b) urging continued appeasement of aggressor nations
(c) attempting to negotiate a peaceful settlement of the hostilities
(d) selling military supplies to the Allied nations
Answer: (d) selling military supplies to the Allied nations
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