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Power in the United States is shared between the national government and the states. That structure is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation in 1787 was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Within their own borders, states hold supreme and independent authority over counties, municipalities and school districts. That authority is:Read the answer and worked solution →A legal principle holding that state actions trump local ones and have supremacy is known as:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Power in the United States is shared between the national government and the states. That structure is called:

  1. Federalism
  2. Feudalism
  3. Formalism
  4. Fatalism
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Correct answer: A. Federalism

1. Neither level holds all authority by itself. 2. Each has powers the other cannot simply override. 3. That shared structure is federalism. _Source: OpenStax American Government 4e, Chapter 14, State and Local Government._

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The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation in 1787 was the:

  1. Compact paper
  2. Constitution
  3. Convention doc
  4. Commission doc
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Correct answer: B. Constitution

1. The Articles left the national government very weak. 2. A new framework was drafted to replace them. 3. That document was the Constitution. _Source: OpenStax American Government 4e, Chapter 14, State and Local Government._

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Within their own borders, states hold supreme and independent authority over counties, municipalities and school districts. That authority is:

  1. Sovereignty
  2. Solvency
  3. Seniority
  4. Simplicity
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Correct answer: A. Sovereignty

1. Local units are created by the state, not the other way round. 2. The state's word is final over them. 3. That authority is sovereignty. _Source: OpenStax American Government 4e, Chapter 14, State and Local Government._

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