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Unit 7: Period 7: 1890–1945

Interwar Foreign Policy

Explain how the U.S. used treaties, loans and selective force after 1919, why most Americans resisted war in the 1930s, and how Pearl Harbor ended that debate.

Topic 7.11 · 15 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01Influence without alliances in the 1920s
  2. 02Intervention, then the Good Neighbor, in Latin America
  3. 03The 1930s: watching aggression, legislating neutrality
  4. 04From neutrality to undeclared war, 1939 to 1941
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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