Question

I need some serious help!!!
Posting questions below!!

Answer 1

How many questions are there?

Answer 2

2 questions. Trying to copy documents @clayton4christ

Answer 3

1. What is the main idea of each document?
2. What bias do you detect in each document?

Documents:

D.1: Chamberlain declares peace in our time (September 30, 1938)
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain gives this short statement as he steps off the plane
returning from the Munich Conference.

We, the German Fuehrer and Chancellor, and the British Prime Minister..., have had a further meeting today and are agreed in recognizing that the question of Anglo
-
German relations is of the first importance for the two countries and for Europe.
We regard the agreement signed last night and the Anglo
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German Naval Agreement as symbolic of the desire of our two peoples never to go to war with one another again.
... [W]e are determined to continue our efforts to remove possible sources of difference, and thus to contribute to assure the peace of Europe.
That evening Chamberlain read this statement to a cheering crowd from the
window of his official residence at 10 Downing Street.
My good friends ... this is the second time in our history that there has come back from Germany to Downing
Street peace with honor. I believe it is peace in our time.
from The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

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Chamberlain declares peace in our time (September 30, 1938)
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain gi
ves this short statement as he steps off the plane
returning from the Munich Conference.
We, the German Fuehrer and Chancellor, and the British Prime Minister..., have had a further meeting today and
are agreed in recognizing that the question of Anglo
-
Ger
man relations is of the first importance for the two
countries and for Europe.
We regard the agreement signed last night and the Anglo
-
German Naval Agreement as symbolic of the desire of
our two peoples never to go to war with one another again.
... [W]e
are determined to continue our efforts to remove possible sources of difference, and thus to contribute to
assure the peace of Europe.
That evening Chamberlain read this statement to a cheering crowd from the
window of his official residence at 10
Downing Street.
My good friends ... this is the second time in our history that there has come back from Germany to Downing
Street peace with honor. I believe it is peace in our time.
from The Rise and Fall of the Th
ird Reich
Duff Cooper resigns (September 30, 1938)
Duff Cooper, First Lord of the Admiralty (the civilian head of the British Navy) and a
close advisor to Chamberlain, resigned in protest over the Munich Agreement. He
describes the events in his autobio
graphy.
The full terms of the Munich agreement are in the papers this morning. At first sight I felt that I couldn't agree to
them. The principle of invasion remains. The German troops are to march in tomorrow and the Czechs are to
leave
all their installations intact. This means that they will have to hand over all their fortifications, guns, etc. upon
which they have spent millions, and that they will receive no compensation for them ... While I was dressing this
morning I decided that I
must resign.
...
When I got back to the Admiralty I learnt that there was to be a Cabinet at seven. The Prime Minister arrived at about twenty past seven amid scenes of indescribable enthusiasm. He spoke to the mob from the window. I felt very lonely in the midst of so much happiness that I could not share.
The Cabinet meeting lasted little more than half an hour ... [A]fter a few questions had been asked and many congratulations had been offered, I felt it my duty to offer my resignation.

I said that not only were the terms not good enough but also that I was alarmed about the future. We must all admit that we should not have gone so far to meet Germany's demands if our defences had been stronger. It had more than once been said in Cabinet that after having turned the corner we must get on more rapidly with rearmament. But how could we do so when the Prime Minister had just informed the crowd that we had peace "for our time" and that we had entered into an agreement never to go to war with Germany.
The Prime Minister smiled at me in a quite friendly way and said that it was a matter to be settled between him and me. And so it was left ... I dined alone with Diana and went early to bed, but slept badly.
Here the diary stops and it was a long time before I started to write one again.
from Old Men Forget

D.3: Churchill speaks on the agreement in the House of Commons (October 5, 1938)
Winston Churchill, an outspoken critic of the government's policy towards Germany,
addresses Parliament on the Munich Agreement.

I will begin by saying what everybody would like to ignore or forget but
which must nevertheless be stated,
namely, that we have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat ...
...
All is over. Silent, mournful, abandoned, broken, Czechoslovakia recedes into the darkness. She has suffered in every respect by her association with the Western democracies and with the League of Nations, of which she has
always been an obedient servant.
...
Many people, no doubt, honestly believe that they are only giving away the interests of Czechoslovakia, whereas I fear that we shall find that we have deeply compromised, and perhaps fatally endangered, the safety and even
the independence of Great Britain and France.
...
I do not grudge our loyal, brave people, who were ready to do their duty no matter what the cost, who never flinched under the strain of last week
--
I do not grudge them the natural, spontaneous outburst of joy and relief
when they learned that the hard ordeal would no longer be required of them at the moment; but they should know the truth. They should know that there has been gross neglect and deficiency in our defences; they should know that we have sustained a defeat without a war, the consequences of which will travel far with us along our road; they should know that we have passed an awful milestone in our history, when the whole equilibrium of Europe has been deranged, and that the terrible words have for the time being been pronounced against the Western democracies:
"Thou art weighed in the balance and found wanting."
And do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning. This is only the first sip, the first foretaste of a bitter cup which will be proffered to us year by year unless by a supreme recovery of moral health and martial vigour, we arise and take our stand for freedom ...
from Parliamentary Debates: House of Commons

Answer 4

Have you read and understood each document? Stating the main idea should be fairly simple if you can do that.

If you don't understand the documents. Begin with the first one. Read it and list the main points. Keep boiling it down until you have the main idea that is supported by the other ideas.

Next consider who wrote the document. Which side of the issue were they on? Are there any clues from the words they use that help you see how they feel about the issue. Who are they writing too. Is the receiver on the same side of the issue.? How do you know?
As you consider these things, you'll have a pretty good idea about the bias they show.

Answer 5

@wwhitlock I have read each document, but I do not understand them and that is my problem. I have gotten help for the main idea of the first two documents, but not the last.
I do not understand bias tbh. I know I'm smart, but I can read something and totally look over everything. And once I read something, it's really hard for me to remember what happened.

Answer 6

The Churchill doc is summed up in the first paragraph. He's telling the House of Commons that they have a failure on their hands. As you continue to read you can see he's taking about an earlier agreement with Germany. That's where the failure was
He explains the failure and points out the consequence; The safety and independence of England and France are in jeopardy.
So the main idea is that the treaty with Germany has failed and their country is in danger.

Bias is just the slant that each person puts on telling a story. For instance, a mother talking about her daughters grades would probably include different details than the daughter who got the grades.

So looking at the 3 sources. Neville Chamberlain made a deal with Hitler. He just got back and thinks it's a wonderful thing. You should be able to find word choices that show he likes what he has done. Talk about never fighting Germany and such. That shows his bias.

The doc from Duff Coopers book explains his reason for resigning. Look at the words he uses when talking about the agreement. No high sounding ideas about honor and avoiding war. He even puts quotes around the part where he mocks Chamberlains idea of peace in our time.
He's resigning because he can't support the agreement. You should be able to find words and ideas that show his dislike.

Churchill was an leader of the party opposed to Chamberlain. He is not likely to think the agreement was wonderful. You should be able to find words and phrases that show is dislike of the agreement.

When you write, quote from the docs. Reread the docs and figure out what each sentence or each word means if you need to. The more you put in to understanding the sources, the better educated about the events you will be.