USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

TREATY OF VERSAILLES

[SOURCES]
What government institution must ratify all United States treaties?

(A) The Supreme Court

(B) The House of Representatives

(C) ** The United States Senate

(D) The United States Military

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The Constitution gives to the Senate the sole power to approve, by a two-thirds vote, treaties negotiated by the executive branch.

Concept note-2: -Under Article II, section II of the Constitution, the Senate must advice and consent to ratification of treaties that have been negotiated and agreed to by the president.

Concept note-3: -The Constitution’s framers gave the Senate a share of the treaty-making power in order to give the president the benefit of the Senate’s advice and counsel, to check presidential power, and to safeguard the sovereignty of the states by giving each state an equal vote in the treaty-making process.