1. Describe the primary differences in the role of citizens in government, among the federal, confederation, and unitary systems.
    1. The primary differences in the role of citizens in government, among the federal confederation, and unitary systems are the role of citizens in government are to vote for representatives, in the federal confederation citizens have the most power. With the unitary systems the citizens are not involved and most of the decisions are made by the local governments.
  2. Briefly explain how you understand the system of division of power.
    1. The system if division of power is the distribution of political powers. In the reading it states that “federalism is the is an institutional arrangement that creates two relatively autonomous levels of government.”The national government deals with issues that effect the entire country, and the subnational/state government deals with issues that “lie with their regions”, meaning the local government is responsible for taking care of the citizen needs like public safety, eduction, health care, homelessness, and housing. The subnational government will delegate local responsibilities.
  3. How does the federal government shape the actions of state and local governments? Write your answer based on doing a bit of research on how the federal government has influenced the actions of NY state and local governments, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    1. The federal government shapes the actions of the state and local government by giving grants that help states with their financial needs like education, agriculture, construction, and the pandemic recovery initiative. The government provided many states with financial assistance/grants in the recovery of the pandemic. Billions of dollars were giving to eligible states for emergency funding and was called The American Rescue Plan or Covid 19 Economic Relief. This grant was for small business to be able to open back as well as pay their employees.

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