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Questions. What is the relationship between state and federal governments in the U.S.? How are they similar? How are they different? Which has more power?
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Questions • What is the relationship between state and federal governments in the U.S.? How are they similar? How are they different? Which has more power? • What are the advantages of a federal government in which power is divided between national and state governments? What are the advantages of a centralized government (as in France or Great Britain) where all the power rests with the national government? • Why did the “Founding Fathers” ultimately decide on a federal government? • What kinds of laws do states make? What kinds of laws does the federal government make? Why? • What might happen if a state could override a federal law, as Thomas Jefferson once suggested? • What issues or conflicts might arise from divisions of power between state and federal governments? Use examples.