After the Greer was fired upon, the Kearny crippled, and the Reuben James sunk in the fall of 1941
a. Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act.
b. the U.S. Navy stopped escorting merchant vessels carrying lend-lease shipments.
c. Congress prohibited the arming of U.S. merchant vessels.
d. Congress forbade United States ships to enter combat zones.
e. Congress voted to weaken substantially the terms of the Neutrality Act of 1939 to permit armed merchant ship to deliver munitions to Britain.
c
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