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here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by possibility even [Roulette wheel spinning]

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a one-in-a-million chance as well still a chance federalism has the potential to

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reduce ethnic and religious conflicts because what and here is ventilation I [Question and answers appear]

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mean it was an international settlement all right so what's federalism well

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basically it's a system of government in which states or provinces share power

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within a national government but is that what our founding fathers were going for [Blocks of colour appear across the US]

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were they not big just sharers when the Constitution was being drafted [Writing on paper with a quill]

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Federalists supported a stronger central government and anti-federalist wanted a [Smiling central government]

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weaker central government a unitary state of the place what has a single [Unhappy central government]

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power ie the central government while political power can still be spread out

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to local government those lesser powers can be taken away by each central [Baby 'local governments' toy is taken away by central government]

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government which means that if the central pepperoni pizza government says

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that only temporarily pizza shall be served then the smaller sausage [All the governments sat at a table, a pepperoni pizza is served]

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government can no longer serve sausage pizza so yeah even toppings can hit rock

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bottom so what makes federalism such a peacemaker when it comes to ethnicity [Feds in suits and a white dove flies away]

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and religion well since federalism means state or

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provincial authorities share power with national Authority the importance lies [Definition of federalism]

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in the local legislators no two regions are the same especially in countries as

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large as the United States there's all kinds of stuff that sets people apart [3 people saying coffee differently]

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just look at the Northeast five sonís and New Yorkers are a stone's throw away

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but the only thing they might agree on is that people from Connecticut sound

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funny when it comes to places that largely consists of a certain ethnic or [Group of dogs and a cat]

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religious group those people want a representative who can relate to them [Dogs get pitchforks and chase the cat away]

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mention a Red Sox fan trying to speak on behalf of the Yankees fans and it sounds

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like a recipe for a riot well such differences indicate it's [The Yankees fans chase the Red Sox fan away]

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unlikely that a national identity accurately represents the views of an [Crowd looks unhappy with their representative]

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entire nation so regional officials can better [Another guy steps up to replace him]

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understand and reflect their community local officials are elected because

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they're ingrained in local culture religious and ethnic groups who feel

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they aren't represented on a national level you can find more relatable

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representations locally like you know someone who just gets it now let's look [Someone writes an equation on a board and another guy completes it and they both smile]

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at these answer choices well the first thing we learned about federalism is

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that central government does not have absolute authority so C is no good even

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though federalism divides administration amongst territories and giving local [Central gov puts land down for local gov to land on]

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government authority it doesn't always resolve religious or ethnic conflict

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thing goes for national identity issues are not inherently resolved just because [House on fire]

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a religious or ethnic group is satisfied with its local representation as if that [Central gov bring a new house]

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ever happened so beginning your out distribution of population really has

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nothing to do with reducing conflict for these groups so say adios to D as well

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our answer option is a locally and regionally elected officials and power

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minorities and smaller ethnic and religious groups which can help reduce [The 3 groups go into a medical center]

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conflict locally elected officials will reduce the swelling of conflicts but our

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doctor says anyway [Doctor talking to a patient]

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