<u>Let's match the international trade organizations with their functions</u>
APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) - economic forum for Pacific Rim economies. It is a forum constituted by goverments of 21 Pacific Rim economies (countries in the Pacific rim and the islands) and it aims to promote free trade approaches throughout the mentioned region.
OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) - <u>controls most of the world's crude oil and natural gas resources</u>. It is one of the largest oligopolies in the world, constituted by the countries that had oil and gas reserves in their territories. These countries act as a group so that their joint market power is greater and allowes them to exercise great influence over the world price for oil.
World Bank - finances projects in middle-income nations. It is an international financial institution, with was created after WWII, and which provides finance to countries all over the world for capital projects. Its main goal is achieving a global poverty reduction.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), so long as " separate but equal " facilities were provided, a requirement that was rarely met in practice
I think it was when people would line up at soup kitchens because when people lost their jobs, they didn't have money to buy food. Someone please tell me if I'm wrong.
Popular sovereignty is government based on consent of the people. The government's source of authority is the people, and its power is not legitimate if it disregards the will of the people. Government established by free choice of the people is expected to serve the people, who have sovereignty, or supreme power.
