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During World War II, the United States began to provide significant military supplies and other assistance to the Allies in September 1940, even though the United States did not enter the war until December 1941. Much of this aid flowed to the United Kingdom and other nations already at war with Germany and Japan through an innovative program known as Lend-Lease.
Two issues that arose in the convention of Philadelphia were due to slavery, and whether or not slaves should be considered a part of the total population. The three fifths compromise counted them as 3/5 of a person for the purposes of determining a state's level of taxation and representation.