USA HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY AMERICA (1992 2013)

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

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Acting as chief diplomat, the president puts together a treaty with Japan. What must happen next for the treaty to go into effect?

(A) must be approved by House of Representatives

(B) must be approved by the people of the United States

(C) ** must be approved by the Senate

(D) must be approved by the Supreme Court

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -What must happen before a treaty signed by the president can go into effect? a. A majority of the Senate must approve it.

Concept note-2: -The United States Constitution provides that the president “shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur” (Article II, section 2).

Concept note-3: -Scope of presidential powers The subsequent and widely accepted practice is that the President independently negotiates and signs treaties and then presents the proposed treaty to the Senate for its approval or disapproval.

Concept note-4: -The President of the United States, in Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution, is given the power to negotiate with foreign governments and appoint ambassadors. These responsibilities make the President the Chief Diplomat of the United States.

Concept note-5: -The Executive Branch conducts diplomacy with other nations, and the President has the power to negotiate and sign treaties, which also must be ratified by two-thirds of the Senate.