7 th Grade Civics Miss Smith *pgs (22.1)

 Foreign policy is the plan a country follows for interacting with other countries  The goals of U.S. foreign policy include:  Maintaining national security  Supporting democracy  Promoting world peace  Providing aid to people in need

 The president makes recommendations to Congress about how the military should operate  The president can order the military into action, but only Congress can declare war

 Peace treaties end wars  Alliance treaties are agreements between countries to help each other for defense, economic, scientific, and other reasons  Alliance- agreement in which two or more parties commit to help each other  Commercial treaties are economic agreements between two or more countries to trade with each other  Senate must approve all treaties

 Mutual understanding between the leaders of two countries

 Establishing official relations with a foreign government by sending and receiving each other’s ambassadors

 Carries out U.S. foreign policy as set by the president  The secretary of state advises the president and supervises the activities of U.S. ambassadors, ministers, and consuls  Diplomatic corps- the secretary of state, ambassadors, ministers, consuls, and their assistants

 Source of military information for the president  Joint Chiefs of Staff are the highest ranking military officers of the branches of the military

 The main goals are to provide technical assistance and to promote cultural understanding between the U.S. and other nations

 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) gathers info about world political trends and helps combat terrorism around the world  U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provides resources to people in need around the world

*Do NOT write  What happens if the Senate refuses to approve a treaty?  Why did Congress reject the Treaty of Versailles?

 Both houses of Congress must approve all expenditures of public funds