Appeasement Guiding Questions

Appeasement: Guiding Questions Document A: Chamberlain 1) (Sourcing) When and where did this speech take place? What was Chamberlain’s goal for the Munich Agreement? It took place at the house of commons on october 5, 1938, the goal was to make peace 2) (Context) Why might people in England in 1938 have supported appeasement? They wanted to avoid war because hitler’s army was very story 3) (Close reading) What did Chamberlain claim England should do while pursuing the policy of appeasement? He said they needed to start building themselves a strong army Document B: Churchill 1) (Sourcing) When and where did this speech take place? What was Churchill’s purpose? It took place on october 5th, 1938 in the house of commons.The purpose of the speech was to promote peace 2) (Close reading) What did Churchill mean when he said that instead of being forced to “snatch” his “victuals from the table,” Hitler had “them served to him course by course”? The british people made it easy for hitler to take Czechoslovakia 3) (Context) In the second paragraph, what did Churchill claim could have prevented Germany from taking the Sudetenland? Did he offer any evidence for this claim? He said they should’ve joined forces with France so they could be safer, but he didn't offer any evidence for his claim. 4) (Context) What did Churchill predict will happen in Czechoslovakia? They would lose their independence and nazis would take it over Hypothesis #1: After reading Documents A and B, create a hypothesis to answer the question: Was appeasement the right policy for England in 1938? Cite evidence from the documents to support your answer. Document C: Bartlett 1) (Sourcing) When was this document written? What was Bartlett’s purpose in writing it? It was written in 1960. Bartlett wrote it to show what germany's reaction to what happened between hitler and Chamberlain 2) (Close reading) What did Bartlett claim Hitler would have done if Chamberlain had “stood firm” and not pursued appeasement? What, if any, evidence did Bartlett offer to support this claim? He thought hitler would have just started the war. Not much support 3) (Context) What point did Bartlett make about the British and Czechoslovakian armies? He was saying that Britain came completely unprepared for the war. But Czechoslovakia was prepared Document D: Channon 1) (Sourcing/Context) When was this document written? What had just happened? It was written on March 15, 1939 after hitler invaded Czechoslovakia 2) (Context) Why did Channon claim appeasement was the right policy? What, if any, evidence did he use to back this claim? Because it was to avoid war, and it did give them peace for a bit. Document E: Lord Halifax 1) (Source) When was this document written? What was Halifax’s purpose for writing it? It was written in 1957. He wrote it as a defense for the appeasement policy. 2) (Context) Why did Halifax claim appeasement was the right policy? What, if any, evidence did he use to back this claim? He said it was a good way to not go to war with germany. Hypothesis #2: After reading Documents C, D, and E, create a hypothesis regarding the question: Was appeasement the right policy for England in 1938? Cite evidence from the documents to support your answer. I don't think it was a fair or the right policy for england in 1938, because it wasn't fair and basically hand delivered everything to hitler What is the alternative to this bleak and barren policy of the inevitability of war? In my view it is that we should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analyzing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will. I cannot believe that such a program would be rejected by the people of this country, even if it does mean the establishment of personal contact with dictators. . . . I do indeed believe that we may yet secure peace for our time, but I never meant to suggest that we should do that by disarmament, until we can induce others to disarm too. Our past experience has