Question

why did the united states initially followed a policy of appeasement toward germany? a. united states wanted to focus on its own economic troubles b. united states supported Hitlers desire to create unified Germanic states c. united states was afraid that germany would attack united states if appeasement were not offered d. united states belived that austria posed a greater threat than german did

Answer 1

The US were wanting to focus on their own economic troubles. When everything was so chaotic they wanted to just focus on themselves at the time.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A) the United States wanted to focus on its own economic troubles.

The United States initially followed a policy of appeasement toward Germany because the United States wanted to focus on its own economic troubles.

The politic of appeasement implied to make concessions to the other aggressor country in order to avoid a conflict. Basically, it is applied to the foreign policy of Great Britain to Germany in the previous years of World War II. The British tried to avoid conflict and another war with the Nazi Germans and made some concessions. During those years, 1935-1939, the United States also adopted this policy. After the difficult years of World War 1 and the Great Depression, the US government adopted a policy of neutrality and did not want to interfere in European affairs.