US dominance in the UN

Question 1

Where was the UN headquarters?

Answer 1

New York

Question 2

What did the limited number of new members to the UN ensure?

Answer 2

USA had the support of these states because their imperial European masters were allies of the USA
-Served to protect USA’s dominance in the UN

Question 3

How did the US insisting mainland China couldn’t take China’s seat in the UN affect US control?

Answer 3

Potential challenge to US dominance was excluded due to it being an aggressor during the Chinese Civil War

Question 4

What was the composition of the UN?

Answer 4

Profoundly weighted in favour of pro-Western, capitalist, and therefore US interests

Question 5

Number of vetoes used from 1946-1955?

Answer 5

-China 1
-France 2
-Britain 0
-USA 0
-USSR 75

Question 6

How did the US use the UN globally?

Answer 6

As a vehicle for intervention on a global scale to enhance its own foreign policy aims

Question 7

How was the dominant influence of the USA apparent in the UN at the start of the Korean War?

Answer 7

-Without direct sanction from UN, Truman instructed MacArthur to provide US military support to South Korea
-USA brokered a second Security Council Resolution, which called UN members to aid South Korea
-UN force commanded by MacArthur and primarily US troops