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Flashcards by melgallagher, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by melgallagher
about 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is appeasement? | A policy of using negotiation rather than force to preserve peace between nations |
| Who created appeasement? | Neville Chamberlain. He believed he could negotiate and reason with Hitler if Hitler's aims were reasonable. Appeasement became a key policy after the failure of the League of Nations. |
| Reasons FOR appeasement? | Solve German grievances. Avoid another costly war. Strengthen Germany in case of problems with the USSR. |
| Reasons AGAINST appeasement? | Hitler couldn't be trusted. Appeasement would make Chamberlain look weak and Hitler would think Britain couldn't stand up to him. Allowed Hitler to strengthen his position. |
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