The correct answer is B) to allow the United States to profit from war trade.
Congress authorized the cash and carry provision of the Neutrality Act of 1937 to allow the United States to profit from war trade.
On September 21, 1939, the United States Congress authorized President Franklin D. Roosevelt the cash and carry provision policy. This provision allowed the United States to sell products to the countries at war with the conditions that the products were paid in full and the transportation was made by those countries assuming the risks.
