3. Which conclusion is best supported by this chart?
World Reaction
Aggressive Action
Date
Japan invades
1931
Manchuria.
League of Nations condemns the action;
Japan withdraws from League.
Italy invades Ethiopia.
1935
Germany sends troops
into Rhineland.
1936
League of Nations endorses sanctions
against Italy but does not enforce them.
League of Nations denounces the move
as a violation of the Treaty of Versailles,
but takes no action.
Germany and Italy
support fascists in
Spanish Civil War.
1936-1939 France, Great Britain, and United States
refuse to get involved or to provide
weapons to democratic Republican forces.
League of Nations remains neutral.
Japan invades China.
1937
Japan is criticized for violating peace
treaty, but no action taken to stop
aggression.
Germany annexes
Austria.
1938
World powers take no action to stop
Germany demands
Sudetenland.
1938
violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
Munich Pact is signed and Germany gains
the Czech territory.
A. Axis aggression was unstoppable by 1937.
B. The policy of appeasement did not succeed in achieving its goals.
C. Britain and Germany were not concerned about Nazi aggression.
D. The League of Nations could have ended Axis aggression if it had taken
stronger action.