Overview
Question 1/ (Length: half a page) What is the electoral college? What is its role in the election of the U.S. president?
Question 2/ (Length: half a page) Find how many Electoral College Votes do New York State, Pennsylvania, Montana, Florida, Texas, Georgia have. Question 3/ (Length: half a page):In U.S. politics, what is the spoils system?
Question 4/ Concerning the Federal bureaucracy, identify 5 federal agencies.
Question 5/ (Length: 1.5 page)Based on the article of Arthur Schlesinger "The Imperial Presidency" (see references below), answer these questions:
a/ Who is Arthur Schlesinger?
b/ What is the main topic of the article?
c/ How did he define the imperial presidency?
d/ What are the main arguments developed by the author?
Arthur Schlesinger, "The Imperial Presidency", in The Lanahan Readings, pp. 202-208. (also on Brightspace)