What form of government divides its powers among central state and local governments

What directive in source a might have been at the root of the action described in source b?

The occupies the territory between the coastal plain in the appalachian mountains. a. piedmont. b. tidewater. c. delaware valley. d. outer banks.

Which of the following is not true about isaac stevens, the first territorial governor of washngton a he was friends with the president franklin pierce b he graduated first in his class at west point academy che served in the mexican-american war he reluctantly accepted the job as governor