The PreamblebranchesStatefederalPresidentSelect your answer to the Constitution states that the people hold the power to the country. To divide between the central government and the states, the framers of the Constitution created a disputesStatecollectfederalPreambleSelect your answer system of government. Only the federal government could declare war, coin money, make treaties with other countries, run the post office, and settle checksdisputesPreamblecollectbranchesSelect your answer between states. StatechecksPresidentfederalPreambleSelect your answer governments could set up public schools, establish local governments, and run elections. Both had the right to federaldisputesStatecheckscollectSelect your answer taxes and pass laws.

To make sure that the three StatePresidentchecksdisputesbranchesSelect your answer of government had equal power, the framers of the Constitution created a system of collectchecksStatebranchesdisputesSelect your answer and balances to keep one branch from acting without the cooperation of another branch. For example, Congress can pass a law, but the branchesStatechecksfederalPresidentSelect your answer can veto that law.