Foreign Policy Part 4: The United Nations

Poll

Did the U.S. do the right thing by sending Elian Gonzalez back to Cuba?

• Yes

• No

Poll

Do you prefer the Google Classroom to be organized by week or by day?

• Week

• Day

• No Preference

Open Ended

What is the difference between a domestic issue and a foreign affair?

Open Ended

What are the three types of Foreign Policy Tools?

Multiple Choice

In what decade did World War 1 happen?

• 1900-1909

• 1910-1919

• 1920-1929

• 1930-1939

Multiple Choice

Who was Woodrow Wilson?

• Prime Minister of Britain

• President of the United States

• a World War 1 General

Multiple Choice

Woodrow Wilson's 14 point plan was intended to establish a new way for different countries to engage in international relations. The last of the fourteen points proposed a general association of nations.

What was that general association of nations to be called?

• United Nations

• League of Nations

• Allied Powers

• The Axis

Open Ended

One of the principles in Woodrow Wilson's 14 points is transparency of treaties.

How do you think transparent treaties (no more secret treaties) would help maintain a peaceful international order?

Open Ended

Countries today still come in to conflict over a variety of issues. Climate change, pollution, immigration, refugees, territorial aggression, election meddling, and more.

If you could set one rule for how countries have to treat each other, or one rule for how they have to work out their problems, what would it be?

Multiple Choice

When the Unites States agrees to a treaty with another country, what is the role of the President and what is the role of Congress?

• Congress signs, President Confirms

• President Signs, Congress Confirms

Multiple Choice

In what way did the League of Nations Fail?

• Failed to check military build-up and territorial aggression

• failed to encourage international cooperation on public health and refugees

Multiple Choice

How did the United Nations get it's start?

• As an international espionage agency

• As a World War 2 alliance

• As a trade agreement between first world nations

Multiple Choice

After WW2 ended, the United Nations signed a charter for a post-war alliance with idealistic ambitions: to end the practice of countries conquering for new territories, ensure freedom of trade, freedom of the oceans, self-determination, and disarmament of aggressive nations

In what city was the charter signed?

• New York

• Paris

• San Francisco

• London

United Nations Charter

Reading Exercise​

Open Ended

Use google to define the following words

Charter:

Succeeding:

Scourge:

Sorrow:

Reaffirm:

Open Ended

In the preamble to the charter of the United Nations, it says

"We the peoples of the United Natinos determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war...."

What does it mean to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war?

Open Ended

In the Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations, it says

"to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest"

What does "acceptance of principles and the institution of methods" mean?