GOVT 2305 Week 5 Data Activity

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Question 1

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Data Activity 5.1: Executive Orders

Executive Orders, by President and Term

In FDR’s first term in office, he felt the need to proceed quickly in dealing with the depression. As a result, he holds the record for the most executive orders during that first term. Let’s see whether FDR’s reliance on executive orders was an innovation. This will be easier to analyze if the presidents are sorted chronologically. Switch from Chart view to Table view. Sort the data chronologically by clicking twice on the heading “Years in Office.” Scroll down to see if there is a historical pattern leading to FDR’s use of executive orders. What can you conclude?

Question 2

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President Obama had the reputation of relying heavily on executive orders. Let’s see whether he deserved that reputation by comparing his use of executive orders with that of President George W. Bush? Once again switch into Table view and sort by “Years in Office.” Contrast Obama’s first term record with President Bush’s first term. What can you conclude? In comparison to President Bush, President Obama issued ______ executive orders.

Question 3

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Let’s see whether there a difference in the number of executive orders that presidents issue in their first and second terms. Be sure to switch from Chart view to Table view and sort the data by “Years in Office.” Compare the first and second terms for Presidents George W. Bush, Clinton, Reagan, and Nixon. What pattern do you observe? In comparison to their first term, presidents issue ______ executive orders in their second term.