What efforts were made to avoid war?

But on an april morning in 1959, i heard a mother of four, having coffee with four other mothers in a suburban development fifteen miles from new york, say in a tone of quiet desperation, “the problem.” and the others knew, without words, that she was not talking about a problem with her husband, or her children, or her home. suddenly they realized they all shared the same problem, the problem that has no name. which best describes the connotation of the word “desperation”? negative, because the woman is feeling confused negative, because the woman is expressing hopelessness positive, because the woman is expressing herself positive, because the woman and the mothers are in agreement

Which action best represents the policy of appeasement followed by britain and france prior to the start of world war ii? (a)allowing hitler to annex the sudetenland as part of the munich agreement (b)signing the nazi-soviet pact binding hitler and stalin to peaceful relations (c)sending troops to fight with the liberals during the spanish civil war (d)forbidding the sale of arms to any nation at war

The platt amendment of 1901 forbade cuba from entering into any treaties that would allow undue foreign involvement in cuban affairs. this law was passed after the spanish-american war to make sure that european nations weren’t going to get involved with cuba. 1, why might the platt amendment be considered ironic? 2, what reasons would the united states have for not wanting european influence in cuba?