What Are Some of the Debates That Have Shaped the Role

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Essay

What are some of the debates that have shaped the role of the United Nations in international affairs? How has its participation and intervention in the world changed in recent decades?

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Definitions:

U.S. Senate

One of the two chambers of the United States Congress, it is comprised of senators from each state, regardless of population, serving staggered six-year terms, and has unique powers including treaty ratification and impeachment trials.

Hiram Revels

The first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate, representing Mississippi in 1870-1871 during the Reconstruction era.

Blanche K. Bruce

Blanche K. Bruce was an African American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Mississippi during the Reconstruction era, becoming the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate.

Election of 1876

A highly contested U.S. presidential election that led to the Compromise of 1877, effectively ending Reconstruction and withdrawing federal troops from the South.