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Assignment - American Government Question and Answer
Question - Describe Franklin Roosevelt's Economic Bill of Rights. (the last page of the week 2 reading assignment handouts under files) Had they been turned into policies, would the U.S. have become a more democratic country? In answering this question, discuss the impact the adoption of Roosevelt's proposal would have had on democracy and its characteristics such as equal opportunity and equal power.
Requirement - Short answer questions may be based on the essay questions. You should be able to define government, power, democracy, politics, republican form of government, federalism, political socialization, ideology, interest group, and elite.
What are the resources of power?
What are the characteristics of democracy?
What are the agents of the socialization process?
How are conservatism, liberalism, and socialism different and/or similar?
Be familiar with the two models of power (pluralism, ruling class). What are the factors that determine the effectiveness of an interest group? What are the three branches of the U.S. government? What are the forms of local government in California? What can an initiative accomplish? A recall? What is direct democracy? Indirect democracy?