In a government, states function independently of one another.

True.

Explanation:

I'm assuming that this is a true or false question based on the syntax of the statement.

Just to clarify:

Under federalism (the system which is utilized by the United States), jurisdiction is divided among the federal government and the state governments. The federal government is superior to each of the individual state governments (per the national supremacy clause of the Constitution [Article VI, Clause 2], which was strengthened by Chief Justice John Marshall in the early 1800s), but the state governments have no authority over each other. As such, each state may independently make its own laws and its own Constitution not to be encroached upon by other states.

It should be noted, however, that states are required to recognize things such as drivers licenses and marriage licenses from other states. They are made to respect the operations of other states by the full faith and credit clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article IV, Section 1).

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

explanation:

its many islands, high mountains, and remote peninsulas isolated population centers.