MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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National government
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State government
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Supreme Court
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Federalism is the theory of distributing power between national and state governments.
Detailed explanation-2: -The national government has more power than state governments. The US Supreme Court can nullify state laws, and federal law supercedes state laws. There are also many things that the national government can do that state governments can not. One is to set immigration policy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Federalism limits government by creating two sovereign powers-the national government and state governments-thereby restraining the influence of both. Separation of powers imposes internal limits by dividing government against itself, giving different branches separate functions and forcing them to share power.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the United States, the state government and federal government share power. The federal government makes policies and implements laws on a national level while state governments do the same for their region of the country.