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What role does the U.S. Constitution play in creating local governments?
it gives states power to create local governments
Governments authority to maintain order is known as it's what power?
Police Power
The sharing of power between federal and state governments is called?
This is called Federalism
Where do the governments get their power?
The answer to this question heavily depends on what society we are talking about. In modern history, since the enlightenment, it is widely believed that governments derive their power from the people whom they govern. This has not always been the case, however, when history shows us that many governments thought they derived their authority to govern from divine right or heritage, or both.
What is it called when people in positions of authority misusing or abusing their power is an example of a?
DICTATOR?!?
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