Lesson 22: Notes

Lesson 22: Notes

What Is the Role of the United States in the World Today

Terms to Know

• Diplomacy: Means to carry on a formal relationship with the governments of other countries.

• Humanitarian: Means to show concern for the pain and suffering of others.

• United Nates: It was meant to be a general international organization to maintain peace and security for its members.

How do countries of the world interact?

• Culture

• Science

• Business Exchanges

• Humanitarian Aid

• Trade and Diplomacy

• Treaties and Agreements

• Military force

Important Note!

There is no single organization in the world that has the power to force countries to settle conflicts peacefully.

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Means to carry on a formal relationship with the governments of other countries.

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Means to show concern for the pain and suffering of others.

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was meant to be a general international organization to maintain peace and security for its members.

Multiple Select

How do countries of the world interact?

• Culture

• Science

• Humanitarian Aid

• All of the above

United Nates

Please be sure to study these next slides in detail!

United Nations

• Created in 1945

• Meant to be a general organization to maintain peace and security for its members.

• 50 nations drew up the UN Charter

• Adopted unanimously (or 100%)

Multiple Choice

What year was the United Nations founded?

• 1945

• 1955

• 1965

• 1985

What power does the U.S. Constitution give to the government to deal with other countries?

Congress

• Regulate commerce

• Declare war

• Approve Treaties

• Approve ambassadors

• Raise and support armies

• Punish piracies and crimes committed on the high seas

Multiple Select

What are some of the powers of Congress given to them by the Constitution?

• Declare War

• Regulates commerce

• Leads the army

• manages ambassadors

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What are some of the powers of Congress given to them by the Constitution?

• Appoint ambassadors

• Raise and support armies

• Punish pirates

• All of these are presidential powers

President

• Power to lead military forces as commander in chief

• Grant pardons

• Make treaties

• Name (appoint) ambassadors - with Congressional approval

Multiple Select

What are some of the powers the President has from the Constitution?

• Commander in chief

• Raise and support armies

• Manage ambassadors

• Make Treaties

U.S. Supreme Court

• Hear all cases affecting ambassadors

• Cases involving a foreign state, its citizens or subjects

Multiple Choice

Who controls the ability to appoint ambassadors?

• Congress

• President

• Supreme Court

Multiple Choice

Who controls the ability to raise and support armies?

• Congress

• President

• Supreme Court

Multiple Choice

Who hears all of the cases for ambassadors?

• Congress

• President

• Supreme Court

Multiple Choice

Who has the power to create treaties?

• Congress

• President

• Supreme Court

How have the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights influenced other countries?

Our Influence

• Power comes from the people, and the people are the ultimate source of authority in their government.

• People in government are the servants of the people. They are not the masters of the people.

• All people are political equals. No person's vote counts more than another's.

• The people delegate their government. They consent to be governed only so long as those in power fulfill their responsibilities. They can take back those.

Multiple Choice

Power comes from the people, and the people are the ultimate source of authority in their government.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

People in government are the masters of the people. They are not the servants of the people.

• True

• False

Our Influence

• The purposes of government are to protect the people's rights to life, liberty, and property, and to promote the common good.

• A nation's constitution should be approved by the people and serve as a higher law that everyone must obey, including the people and those serving in their government.

• A nation's constitution should include a list of the right of the people.

Multiple Choice

A nation's constitution should be approved by the President and serve as a higher law that everyone must obey, including the people and those serving in the government.

• True

• False

Our Influence

• 19th and 20th centuries saw the American ideal of self-government spread around the world.

• The American Revolution gave hope to many people in Europe and Latin America who wanted to promote democratic change in their own countries

• The French Constitution of 1791 included many ideas from the United States Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights

Multiple Select

The ____ and ____ centuries saw the American ideal of self-government spread around the world.

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

• 20th