The President is giving a speech about rising fuel costs. Suddenly he has a great idea. He announces that he is making a new law to cut down on gasoline usage. Each American household will be restricted to 40 gallons of gasoline per week. The President says the new rule will take effect immediately

Two of these describe "federalism." (choose two answers) select one or more: a. the national government absolutely controls all state governments. b. power is shared by the national and state governments. c. state governments exercise absolute power over the national government. d. it is a compromise meant to eliminate the disadvantages of a "unitary" and a "confederate" system.