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Name: __________________________________________ Date: _____________________ Period: _________________ SS.7.C.4.1 Differentiate concepts related to U.S. domestic and foreign policy. The U.S. Constitution lists several powers for Congress that deal specifically with foreign and domestic policy. Foreign policy is the nation’s overall plan for dealing with other nations. Domestic policy is the nation’s plan for making laws and policies that affect people in the United States. The U.S. government focuses on many different issues in domestic policy. Some examples include jobs, health care, and education. The U.S. government also has to plan its foreign policy. This includes a plan for diplomacy, which means trying to keep good relationships with other nations. The government has to decide which countries to form an alliance with, and the alliance might include military agreements with other nations. Finally, the government also sometimes makes treaties, or formal agreements, with other nations on such issues as trade and defense. SS.7.C.4.1 Differentiate concepts related to U.S. domestic and foreign policy. BC 2: Students will identify issues that relate to U.S. domestic and foreign policy. The U.S. 1 Name: __________________________________________ Date: _____________________ Period: _________________ government focuses on many different domestic policy issues. Some examples of domestic policy issues are social welfare, health care, and education. Social welfare means that the government provides help to those in need. The government has economic programs for mothers with children, people who are unemployed, and people who are disabled. The Social Security program was started in 1936 to help the elderly by providing them with a monthly income after they retire. The government is also involved with health care. Medicare was started to help the elderly pay for the medical care and medicine they need and often cannot afford. Medicaid was started to help the poor pay for medical care and medicine they need and often cannot afford. The federal government also focuses on improving education. The government provides money for a variety of programs that help students and teachers at all levels of education. One example of a federal education policy was the No Child Left Behind Act, which changed education standards and created new tests to measure student achievement. Task: What are some domestic policy issues? _____________________________________________________________________________________________ On the other hand, the federal government is also concerned with foreign affairs, or relationships with other nations. The federal government makes foreign policy to decide how it will interact with nations around the world. The President and the Secretary of State are the main leaders in charge of foreign policy. They usually have several general goals for their foreign policy. These goals include: (1) national security (keeping the United States safe, especially at its borders), (2) promoting peace (creating relationships and alliances with other nations, (3) spreading democracy (talking with other nations about the benefits of democratic government), (4) promoting international trade (the buying and selling of goods between countries) and (5) providing foreign aid (military, economic, and other types of help to countries in need). The U.S. government has to create a plan for diplomacy in order to keep good relationships with other nations. Ambassadors and diplomats, including the Secretary of State, work all around the world on these relationships. Sometimes they have to solve problems that come up in relationships with other countries. Task: Describe the role of the Secretary of State? _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 Name: __________________________________________ Date: _____________________ Period: _________________ The U.S. government also has to decide which countries to form an alliance with. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is one example of a strong military alliance between the U.S. and many European countries. The U.S. government sometimes makes treaties, or formal agreements, with the leaders of other nations for the purposes of trade, defense, and national security. U.S. leaders hope that their international relations will create better a safer and more peaceful world through cooperation with other countries. In addition to making agreements with counties, the United States participates in international organizations. One of these organizations is the United Nations, whose headquarters are in New York City. The UN was founded after World War II to help keep peace and develop friendly relationships among countries. 193 nations (governments) are members of the United Nations. Task: Explain why the United States would participate in the United Nations? _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 3