5 points)

1. Who usually benefits the most from gerrymandering congressional districts? (Hint: think about majority and minority parties.)



(5 points)

2. Who benefits the most from pork-barrel projects?



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3. Do you think these systems are fair? Why or why not? Make sure to explain why you think as you do.

answer: the time zones used to be whatever the local authority wanted them to be. one town might have 6am whenever the sun came up and another town had 6am 10 minutes later.  

the trains had a hard time when their orders said to be at a certain point at 6am.  

6am, but who's 6am.  

the railroads got together and set the time zones more or less along the longitude lines across the country.

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