The author developed the central idea of the section "The Great Divide" is by tying together all of the other elements of fiction used by the author to tell the story.

Two of these describe “federalism." (choose two answers) select one or more: a. the national government absolutely controls all state governments. b. power is shared by the national and state governments. c. state governments exercise absolute power over the national government. d. it is a compromise meant to eliminate the disadvantages of a “unitary” and a “confederate” system.