What best describes the attitudes of the governments of the United States and Britain to Hitler's annexation of Austria and the German-speaking portions of Czechoslovakia?
A. American isolationist policies prevented the United States from helping the British, and the British, though eager to attack the Nazis, did not think they should do so without American help.
B. Both the American and British governments supported German expansion as a way to check the potential expansion of the Soviet Union.
C. Roosevelt condemned Hitler's actions but agreed with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain that it was best to appease Hitler in order to avoid war.
D. Americans were eager to stop Hitler's aggression before it went too far, but the British were eager to avoid another war.
Answer: C
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