Vocabulary/ldeas to know: Popular Sovereignty-
Federalism -
Republic -
Separation of Powers -
Checks and balances -
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Popular Sovereignty: the belief that people can and should govern themselves

Federalism: system in which the national government shares power with local governments

Republic: political system governed by elected representatives

Separation of Powers: the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another

Checks and balances: principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power.

c holding free elections

b) the confederacy had to pay all union war expenses.