Question

Appeasement was a popular policy because European leaders

a. wanted Hitler to be happy.
b. wanted to avoid another war.
c. knew that Hitler desired a confrontation.
d. had serious economic problems to deal with at home.

Answer 1

Appeasement was a popular policy because European leaders wanted to avoid another war.

Answer 2

Answer: b. wanted to avoid another war.

Appeasement is a term most often applied to the foreign policy of the British Prime Ministers towards Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy between 1935 and 1939. It consisted of the ministers making concessions to the regimes.

These actions were driven by a desire to avoid another war due to the trauma of World War I. The policy has been a subject of debate for decades. Some scholars believe that appeasement was directly responsible for the power Adolf Hitler was able to gain.