1. The primary differences in the roles of citizens for federal, confederation, and unitary system. Citizens have a role in choosing representatives at a national and state level. A confederation system the citizens have a stronger tie to respective states than to a central authority, meaning citizens have great limitations to the engagement with the central government, this is due to the member states holding more authority. Unitary system citizens have a unified engagement with the government since the decision is centrally controlled.
  2. The division of powers refers to how responsibilities and authority is divided amongst the different branches and levels of government, they divide power amongst each other to assure that no group holds authority over one another.
  3. The federal government held influential actions at a state and local level, the federal government used actions through the CDC to provide guidelines through public health measures, for example, they put mandates on masks, the encouraged and required a 6 feet social distancing, and very stern on the quarantine mandates. Another example of how the federal government held influential actions would be the provision of financial aid to local government and states to help manage the economic and health impacts for the pandemic, they also help distribute medical Supplies as well as equipment.

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