This document discusses domestic and foreign policy in the United States government. It provides examples of 10 policies and asks the reader to identify each as domestic (D) or foreign (F). Domestic policies deal with internal affairs, like education and law enforcement. Foreign policies involve other countries, such as military defense, negotiations over climate change, and providing foreign aid. The document also asks why the Constitution gave Congress a role in most foreign policy decisions, to which the answer is that the Framers wanted to prevent any one person from having all the power over important decisions like going to war.

1. WAR & PEACE AND
EVERYTHING IN-BETWEEN Name:
Directions: Read the examples and fill in the right term from the word bank.
FOREIGN DOMESTIC
VS.
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1. Americans often refer to a country that is not the 3. Cats and dogs are examples of
United States as a
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2. A language that is not English and comes from a 4. If you get on an airplane and fly from Seattle,
country outside the United Sates is often called a Washington to Atlanta, Georgia, you are taking a
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““FOREIGN”” refers to things happening ________ ““DOMESTIC”” refers to things happening ““at
the United States. home”” or ______ the United States.
A. Inside A. Inside
B. Outside B. Outside
Directions: Running a country means taking care of things at home (domestic policy) and around
the world (foreign policy). Below are examples of both. See if you can figure out which are which!
Write ““D”” for domestic policy and ““F”” for foreign policy.
_____ 1. The government wants to make sure _____ 6. The United States is attacked, and the
students are learning what they should be, so it President, in his role as Commander-in-Chief,
requires standardized testing in certain grades. calls on the U.S. military to defend the U.S. by
attacking the other country.
_____ 2. The government operates national
parks in different parts of the country. _____ 7. The government decides how much
money Americans must pay in federal taxes.
_____ 3. The United States is allied with coun-
tries around the world, which means they are _____ 8. The government makes an agreement
partners and look out for each other’’s interests. with specific countries that none of them will at-
tack each other.
_____ 4. The United States provides help to
other countries when natural disasters, like _____ 9. The government cleans up land and
earthquakes, occur. water areas that are severely polluted.
_____ 5. The countries of the world meet to de- _____ 10. The government enforces federal
cide how to handle climate change, and the laws and sends convicted criminals to jail.
United States plays a role in the talks.
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Signs bills into law
Treaties or vetoes them.
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Can send troops
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Foreign Aid
passes bills
Congress
Declares war
Why do you think the Framers gave Congress a voice in most foreign policy decisions
when they wrote the Constitution?
A. so the President can make decisions on his own and not listen to Congress
B. to make it really slow for the country to respond in a war
C. to make sure that not just one person had all the power in making these important decisions,
like whether to go to war
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