USA HISTORY

WORLD WAR II 1941 1945

THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does appeasement mean?
A
fighting back or standing up for yourself
B
joining a conflict to help the weaker side
C
being neutral during a conflict
D
giving in to aggressive demands
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Appeasement means giving people what they want to prevent them from harming you or being angry with you. [formal, disapproval]

Detailed explanation-2: -Appeasement, in an international context, is a diplomatic policy of making political, material, or territorial concessions to an aggressive power to avoid conflict.

Detailed explanation-3: -appeasement, Foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiation in order to prevent war. The prime example is Britain’s policy toward Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

Detailed explanation-4: -Complete answer: The policy of Appeasement was the conciliatory approach of making an admission to the adversary nation to dodge war. It was an approach followed by Britain and France during 1935–39.

Detailed explanation-5: -Appeasement is the diplomatic tactic of offering concessions to aggressor nations in an attempt to avoid or delay war. Appeasement is most often associated with Great Britain’s failed attempt to prevent war with Germany by offering concessions to Adolph Hitler.

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