There are many possible ways to answer this.  I would
            suggest that you check in your text or your notes to see if there is one specific answer
            that you are required to come up with.
I would argue that
            the differences in these two systems reflect the fact that American political culture is
            generally more suspicious of the government than European political cultures are.  The
            United States began its existence with a rebellion against heavy-handed government and
            the political culture of the country reflects that beginning.  Americans do not trust
            their government and therefore do not want to put too much power in the hands of any one
            person or political party.  For this reason, they set up a system in which the executive
            and the legislative are separate from one another and can check one
            another.
The American presidential system, then, reflects
            the fact that Americans trust their governments much less than Europeans traditionally
            have.
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