AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

identify and state the significance of only ten (10) of the followings Watergate sampling opinion polls 1824 Election intensity Nader groups PACs NAFTA Hatch Act Trustee Whigs Patronage Electoral College Veto speaker of the house ticket splitting vice president Head of state logrolling single issue voters Veto impeachment Rosa Parks or NAACP Conference Committee Political Parties (5 functions) count answer only three (3) of the following [150 points 750 words, two pages, not counting the inclusion of the question or spacing] What is the history of the major political parties in the United States? OR What are interest groups and why do people join them? Explain two techniques that interest groups use to influence government. OR What are the three of the five major portions of the president’s job? Do you think that this job is “doable” in modern times: if yes how and if no how would you change it? OR How do the House of Representative and the US Senate differ and what powers does each have? How are differences resolved between them? OR Name three of four sources of the powers of the president and how he exercises them? From where are these powers derived? OR What is Gerrymandering and how is it done? What impact does it have? Is it “ok” or bad and if bad how could it be changed? OR How does a bill become a law? Discuss each house the committees what happens if the bills passes in the house and senate and what is the role of the president? EXTRA CREDIT OPTIONAL (5 POINTS P0SSIBLE) Is congress functional and if no why not and how would you change it? OR Does the president have too much power and if yes how would you curb it?      

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