president
makes treaties
congress
declares war and approve treaties
secretary of defense
directs military, gives advice
goals of UN
promote peace, cutting world poverty, infectious diseases, providing educational opportunties
problems UN faces
different goals for different nations, lack of money, lack of coopernation among member nations
3 steps America takes
diplomacy, internation trade, military intervention
communism
a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
socialism
a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
captialism
an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
general assembly
the supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations
security council
main organ within the UN responsible for maintaining peace and security; composed of 5 permanent and 10 rotating members with two year terms elected by the General Assembly
international court of justice
UN body that makes legal decisions involving disputes between national governments
Laissez-faire
a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.
Monroe Doctrine
an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers
Truman Doctrine
President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
cold war
A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.
isolationism
a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
McCarthyism
The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism
Cold War effects
increase of nukes, space race, started vietnam war and korean
affect of wealth
resources, trade
main movements of progessive
women vote, eastern business is bad to workers/children, president can't fix everything