American Government

Running head: AMERICAN HISTORY
American Government
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1AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
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Section -1...................................................................................................................................2
Question – 2...........................................................................................................................2
Question – 3...........................................................................................................................3
Question -4.............................................................................................................................3
Section – 2..................................................................................................................................4
Question – 6...........................................................................................................................4
Question -7.............................................................................................................................4
Reference List............................................................................................................................5

2AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Section -1
Question – 2
Ans - The interest groups are referred to the groups that have a number of persons whose
interests are common in the sense that they often use those interests as the basis of their
activities and actions. Interest groups in the United States of America influence the public
policies by influencing the common people with similar concerns to report those concerns to
the government officials. The interests may differ from one interest group to another and
might be caused on a number of topics (Mayhew, 2017).
Interest groups are known to play a very important role in the development of the
political as well as the social systems of the country. The activities taken by the interest
groups creates obligations for the Government officials to fulfil those demands and the needs
of the people of America. Therefore, it is truly said that the interest groups of America are
known to influence the public policies by presenting the common needs and the demands of
the publics to the audiences so that those demands can be met by the Government.
Question – 3
Ans – It can be said that the political parties in America have come a long way since the
times they have first been formed. The role and the place of the political parties in the country
have changed a lot in the past two centuries. When the party system began in the year 1820’s,
it first of all, wanted to integrate the policies of democracy in the system of the party so that it
could fulfil the needs and the demands of the people of the country. In the years that passed,
the Progressives wanted to reduce the power of the political parties in the country by certain
reform movements in the 20th and the 21st centuries.
As stated by Noel (2014), although incidents like the World Wars, the Cold War as
well as the Great Depression have changed a lot in the political scenario of the country, the