Grade 12 Exam

Use the sources below to answer questions 49 to 53.
SOURCE I

Hitler: It is easy enough to talk of war while we are sitting here in our comfortable easy chairs. But war means endless misery for millions. Do you want to take this responsibility upon yourself, Herr Schuschnigg? Don't think for one moment that anybody on earth is going to thwart my decisions. Italy? I see eye-to-eye with Mussolini; the closest ties of friendship bind me to Italy. And England? England will not move one finger for Austria. . . . And France? Well, three years ago we marched on the Rhineland with a handfull of battalions . . . . If France hap stopped us then we would have had to retreat . . . . But now it is too late for France . . . .
-- from the memoirs of the Austrian Chancellor, February 1938

SOURCE II

However much we may sympathize witha small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbor, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the whole British Empire in a war simply on her account. If we have to fight it must be on larger issues than that . . . .
-- from an address by the British Prime Minister, September 1938

SOURCE III

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SOURCE IV

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49. On what issue do the sources focus?

    A. Should nations declare economic sanctions against aggressive neighbors?

    B. Should nations pursue policies of appeasement with aggressor states?

    C. Should nations threatened with aggression rely on offensive armaments?

    D. Shoulc nations treatened with aggression pursue policies of isolation?

50. Which is the best quesiton to research if you want more information about source III?

    A. How did Nazi Germany conquer Czechoslovakia?

    B. Why did France back down in the face of German aggression?

    C. Why did the Nazi-Soviet Pact surprise the world?

    D. What role did the great powers play prior to the Second World War?

51. Sources I and II indicate that

    A. Great Britain and France would do little to halt German aggression in Eastern Europe

    B. Great Britain would go to war over Austria annexation but not over Czechoslovakian partition

    C. Austria could expect Italian aid in the event of German aggression

    D. France, because of her isolation, would be forced into a defensive alliance with the Soviet Union

52. Many historians believe that Hitler's aggressive actions brought the Western democracies to war in 1939 because

    A. Great Britain and France felt prepared to blockade Nazi Germany

    B. Great Britain and France were confident of American and Soviet military support

    C. Hitler took the rash action of invading Poland and the U.S.S.R. simultaneously

    D. Hitler's seizure of Czechoslovakia had discredited appeasement

53. Which of the following solutions to the issue found in the sources would be MOST acceptable to someone who supported the principles of the League of Nations?

    A. Settle terrirorial quesitons by appeasement

    B. Establish a balance of power through alliance systems

    C. Discourage aggression through collective security

    D. Encourage peace by threatening war.