NATO
What does NATO stand for? What is it?
North American Treaty Organization, a U.S. led military alliance with Canada and 28 other countries
Shay's rebellion was...
a catalyst for adopting the Constitution.
When was the Constitution ratified?
1789
explain legitimacy? explain recognition?
peoples belief that the governing body holds authority and not just power. Recognition is when one country recognizes another countries legitimacy, they send and receive ambassadors.
In terms of GDP who provides the most in aid to Ukraine? Number wise who provides the most aid to Ukraine?
- Estonia
- US
List four countries that boarder Ukraine.
Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania
Under the AOC what was needed to pass an amendment? what was needed to pass a law?
13/13 vote to pass an amendment. 9/13 vote to propose a law.
why did we ratify the constitution?
to correct the weaknesses from the AOC
true or false: we cannot elect a president who does not win a majority of the popular vote.
false
explain how this works?
when did Russia invade the Donbas region?
2014
What does Article 5 of the NATO treaty state?
An attack on one NATO ally is an attack on all of them.
list some weaknesses under the AOC?
They didn't have the power to tax, didn't have a national military, government was more local
how do you amend the constitution?
proposed amendment requires a 2/3s vote from both chambers of congress and ratified 3/4th states legislature
What is the upper chamber of congress? what's the lower chamber of congress? how long are their term lengths?
Upper chamber is the Senate, their terms are 6 years and every 2 years 1/3 of the seats are up for re-election. The lower chamber is the HR, they have two year terms.
What is the IAEA? Why were they in Ukraine?
They are the International Atomic Energy Agency. They were investigating the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhya.
what are the chances of Ukraine getting into NATO? What are the requirements for a country to join NATO?
None, A country in Europe or north American, multiparty democracy, has to not have any territorial disputes with its neighbors, has to demonstrate military interoperation capability
what was the purpose of the articles of confederation?
to help the US survive the war, gain independence, and protect their freedoms gained from independence
What are the enumerated powers? What did the 16th and 17th amendment's do?
money power, trade powers, war powers, judicial powers
16th amendment gave the government the power to impose an income tax.
17th amendment changed the election of senators from states to people.
why are midterms so important to congress? what was so important about the 2018 midterm elections?
historically, during midterm elections incumbent parties are flipped.
more than 50% of the electorate showed up to vote.
The Economist Article The Manpower Race, it details the UK's pledge in aiding Ukraine. What was that pledge?
They pledged to train 10,000 Ukrainian men within 120 days, they've already trained and sent over 2,000 Ukrainian men
What NATO allies deployed to Afghanistan? How any NATO allies died? How many were left as of February 2021?
all of them. More than 1000 NATO allies died ( close to 2,400). 3,000 American troops were left in comparison to 6,000 troops from our other allies (2/1)
Explain Shay's Rebellion?
In the summer of 1786, 2,000 unhappy farmers rose in armed rebellion against creditors who were foreclosing their farms, they marched to Springfield where a state militia group stopped them, it was hard to get this under control
What did the Constitution do? (think of it in contrast to the AOC)?
created branches of government who could create and enforce essentially resolved all the issued we had under the AOC
what happens if a presidential candidate does not get the required amount of electoral votes?
The election is then thrown into the House of Representatives where each state will have one vote to pick between the top three candidates.
Name leaders of Putin's opposition and a brief detail about them.
Navalny, he has power to orchestrate millions of people at one time. there was an attempted assassination against him from the Putin regime.
Nemstov, threat to Russian government because he was going to leak a list with names of military men who had died during the invasion of the Donbas region. He was killed at gun point.