Congress's first response to the unexpected fall of France in 1940 was to
A) revoke all the neutrality laws.
B) expand naval patrols in the Atlantic.
C) enact a new neutrality law enabling the Allies to buy American war materials on a cash-and-carry basis.
D) call for the quarantining of aggressor nations.
E) pass a conscription law.

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Congress's first response to the fall of France was to pass a conscription law, marking the first peacetime draft in U.S. history, as a measure to strengthen the military in anticipation of potential involvement in the conflict.

Congress's First Response to the Unexpected Fall of France in 1940