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In America at least, centralism refers to the want to centralize government (have one strong government that is in control of all the states) while federalism refers to the want for each state to be basically independent but united under a weak government (hence why the Southern states-who advocated states' rights over federal rights before the civil war-broke away and created the conFEDERAte states of America.

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