Separation of Powers or Checks and Balances
Division of Powers- Basic principle of federalism and constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis (in the U.S. between the National Government and the States).
Federal Government
The powers of government are divided between the federal government and the states.
Power is divided between the national and state governmentsPower is divided between the national and state governments.
divided between national govt and lower levels of govt.
It is a form of government in which the power is divided between the states and the national government.
It is a form of government in which the power is divided between the states and the national government.
The form of government in which power is divided between the national government an the states
It is called a Federal government as opposed to a Unitary government.
It's when the government's power was divided between the National a.k.a. Federal government and the states.
I think is federalism
The delegates settled on a federal form of government instead of a system in which power was not divided between state and national government because they believed that it provided for a much stronger national government with a chief executive (the president), courts, and taxing powers.