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 [|A. Chapter Six: The Legislative Branch]  [|B. Chapter Seven: The Executive Branch]  [|C. Chapter Eight: The Bureaucracy]  [|D. Chapter Nine: The Judiciary]
 * Reviewing the Institutions of Government **
 * __ Directions: __** You should answer these questions **__with detailed answers__**. Each chapter has charts, graphs, and other additional material to help you answer the questions.
 * __Unit 3: The Institutions of Government: __**
 * 1) Describe the committee system in the House and Senate and how it affects the passage of legislation.
 * 2) Discuss the demographics of the House and Senate and how this relates to the ideas of representation in the American system.
 * 3) Explain the relationship of personal power in Congress and the issues of representation and constituency.
 * 4) Describe the route a bill must take to be enacted into law.
 * 1) Discuss contemporary theories of presidential power as theorized by modern political scientists.
 * 2) Explain the constitutional and traditional roles the president plays in the political system.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: "Times New \(W1\)";">Describe the structure and organization of the White House staff and Executive Offices.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: "Times New \(W1\)";">Analyze the role of public perception as measured by polls on the governing decisions of the executive branch.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: "Times New \(W1\)";">Describe the process of budget development and its role in elective politics.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: "Times New \(W1\)";">Explain the theoretical concepts underpinning bureaucracies.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: "Times New \(W1\)";">Describe the organization of American bureaucracy.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: "Times New \(W1\)";">Discuss the reform processes in American bureaucracy.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: "Times New \(W1\)";">Explain the checks and balances on the bureaucracy by the three branches of government.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: "Times New \(W1\)";">Analyze the relationship between the president and the bureaucracy.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: "Times New \(W1\)";">Describe the organization of the Federal Court system.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: "Times New \(W1\)";">Analyze the importance of the Supreme Court under Marshall, Taney, Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: "Times New \(W1\)";">Analyze the effect of judicial restraint and judicial activism on the decisions of the Court.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: "Times New \(W1\)";">Describe the positions of the modern Court on current issues.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: "Times New \(W1\)";">Trace the modern cases that have changed the political and legal landscape in America.