9-12 Benchmark 3-A: compare and analyze the structure, power and purpose of government at the local, state, tribal and national levels as set forth in their respective constitutions or governance documents:
C#6 Performance Standards & Specifications:
Compare and contrast the unitary, confederal and federal systems;
Systems of Government: Unitary, Federal, and Confederal
●Compare and contrast the unitary, confederal and federal systems
How is power divided in the United States government? - Belinda Stutzman
●Know which system pertains to the United States
What Were the Articles of Confederation? | History
●Know under what circumstances the United States had a confederal system (Articles of Confederation, the Confederacy during the Civil War)
Federalism: Crash Course Government and Politics #4
●Know which system pertains to the United States
Unitary Governments
●Identify modern examples of unitary and confederal systems
Sample Question:
In a confederal system of government, power is primarily held or shared by which level(s)?
A.held by the regional governments*
B.shared by the regional and national governments
C.held by the national government
D.shared by the regional and municipal governments