The appeasement is "Appeasement in an international context is a diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict"
The example is when Britian and especailly France had an appeasement with Germany before ww11.
A made up example of appeasemnt is if the Iranian millitary asked access to nuclear weapons, and countries got scared and signed a document which said they could have them.
Answer: An abundance of natural resources
Further detail:
The Industrial Revolution had its beginning in Great Britain, and eventually spread from there. Once the United States became involved, especially in the "Second Industrial Revolution" years (1870-1914), the size and resources of the country allowed the US to become a bigger industrial power than the nations of Europe.
The goal was to find food
Simple....as we learned Manifest Destiny was the belief that it was God's will that there be WESTWARD EXPANSION. This meaning that the US claiming more lands to the West was meant to be. This being said...it is logical to conclude that the admission of states to the Union would be met with enthusiasm.
