The government is divided into different parts that will watch each other. Governments will control each other and control themselves together. Checks and balances.
because it contains top secret information
The civil war was the greatest crisi of the American federal system.
Federal
The American Republic created the first federal reserve system.
federal court system
yes
powers are shared between state and federal governments
The American System was made up of reinforcing parts: a tariff, a national bank and federal subsidies
They both have an Executive. ;)
state and federal
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
The complexity of the American federal system encourages separation of power among the three arms of government. It also encourages the sharing of power between the central government and the states.