American Foreign Policy After the Cold War

Grade 990 min

aligned to • us.reo.5a: Students Will Evaluate How The End Of The Cold War Altered The Course Of American Foreign Policy By Evaluating The Relationship Among American Intervention In El Salvador, Nicaragua, And Guatemala On The Iran-contra Investigation

Learning Objective

I can analyze how the end of the Cold War shifted American priorities in international affairs by examining interventions in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala.

Lesson Flow

Watch Video

5 min

Shifting Tides U S Foreign Policy from Nixon to the End of the Cold War

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Practice

27 min

12 questions • Short answer

Exit Ticket

5 min

Based on the video, how did the collapse of the Soviet Union change the focus of American foreign policy? According to the video, what were some of the key differences between American foreign policy during the Cold War and after the Cold War? How did the video describe the shift in US-Russia relations after the end of the Cold War, and how did this affect American foreign policy priorities?

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