USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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Why did France and Britain use appeasement to stop Hitler

(A) ** They wanted to avoid another World War

(B) Prevent a Nazi invasion of Russia

(C) To prevent the fall of the league of Nations

(D) Didn’t want to anger Germans

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Appeasement was popular for several reasons. Chamberlain-and the British people-were desperate to avoid the slaughter of another world war. Britain was overstretched policing its empire and could not afford major rearmament.

Concept note-2: -Britain and France has a number of reasons for following this policy, some of them were: The Depression was happening, so their economic problems had a higher priority. They were glad that Hitler was standing up to Communism. They did not want to repeat the horrors of the First World War.

Concept note-3: -Great Britain and France hoped to prevent another world war by giving into Hitler’s demands through a policy of appeasement. Hitler’s aggressive foreign policy resulted in the outbreak of World War II in September 1939.