1. The main difference between roles in the citizens in government between federal, confederation, and unitary systems is how everyone has power in them. In a federal system, powers are distributed between the Federal government and the state like they are in current US. Citizens vote for who they want in power. In the confederation system, there are state governments which the citizens vote for. There is barely any influence for the central government here. The unitary system has one federal central government where citizens directly vote for them. However, local governments have little to no power.
  2. Division of power is when the responsibilities as well as authority is split between local and centralized governments. In our case, the state and federal. Some powers are given to the state and some to federal and this also comes with checks and balances. This make sure there is national security and a sense of local authorities in the country.
  3. During situations like the covid19 pandemic the federal government gave local authorities in NY support like CDC, which gave mandates as well as guidance on how to handle the pandemic. The federal government also gave funding to the state to help support it in many ways. This could mean the hospitals or the small businesses at the time who were struggling. With guidance and money the federal government helped New York state stay afloat during covid.

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