- Citizens of a federal government are often prompted to actively participate in their government by electing city officials and congressmen because the federal system created two systems of government. Federal government is a shared government between the national government and the states. Laws can be made at both state and national governments. Unlike a confederal system where the states have the majority of power and therefore they are able to govern themselves in a way however, the United States moved away from this system because it doesn’t give the impression of a unified front in the way that the united stated want to be represented. A unitary system is a system in which the national government has all the power and the local government carries out all of the orders of the national government.
2. The system of division of power is made up of of the three branches of government, the first and often viewed as the most important is the Legislative Branch. This branch is made up of the senates and the House of Representatives, they make the laws. The Executive Branch enforces the laws this branch includes the President, vice President and the Cabinet and they come together to enforce the laws. The Judicial Branch interprets laws. They can determine a law unconstitutional.
3. After reading the articles about the benefits of the federal government, I see the connection in which the federal government can encourage people to actively participate in their own government. The federal government also influenced the closure of non-essential business and schools In March 2021, when former President Donald Trump declared that the businesses and schools be shut down until things were looking up, some state government officials may not have agreed but ultimately they came together to decide what was best for everyone. In addition, the federal government enacted the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act, which provided local governments with much needed fiscal relief to help mitigate the ongoing fiscal and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with state and local spending on unemployment insurance, other public assistance, and health and hospitals rising to $230 billion above usual in 2021 which was allocated by the state government from the federal government.
