Textbook Assignments 5 & 6

Textbook Assignment 5

The answers to these questions can be found in Chapters 12 & 14 ,.

1. Name two reasons why voter turnout is so low in the U.S.
2. Name three other factors that influence who people vote for.
3. What is a dealignment?
4. What is retrospective voting?
5. What is a vote of confidence?
6. What is a bicameral legislature?
7. What are pork barrel projects?
8. What is casework?

Textbook Assignment 6

The answers to these questions can be found in Chapters 15 & 16

1. What does it mean when a prime minister dissolves parliament?
2. What does it mean when an American president is impeached?
3. How many members of the government does the U.S. president appoint?
4. What is a cabinet?
5. How big is the U.S. bureaucracy compared to other countries?
6. Name three roles of the bureaucracy.
7. What is adjudication?
8. Name three proposed solutions to the problems with bureaucracy.