Assignment

1. Outline the issues and challenges that affect voter turnout.

2. Define interest groups and discuss the impact and methods of interest groups. How can a group use protests as a tool?

3. Match the type of federalism with its correction definition.

Dual Federalism (1787-1913)                         A. Most government functions are divided between nation and states.
Centralized Federalism (1964-1980)                B. National government that set it own goals and deemed all problems as national problems.
New Federalism (1980-1985)                         C. Federal sharing of tax revenues.
Representational Federalism (1985-1996)       D. Defined the role of states as electing the President and members of Congress.
Coercive Federalism (1997-2010)                   E. The federal government's assumption of powers traditionally reserved to states.