<span>America focus changed to the affairs of
the nations in the Americas. The Monroe Doctrine asked the Europeans to keep
off the affairs of the Americas while promising to keep out of European
affairs. This aimed to keep the Europeans from the affairs of the Western
Hemisphere and the United States’ closest neighbors</span>
Chancellor Otto von Bismarck was savvy enough to know that the divided German states would rally together around a united cause if they fought in war together for a common cause. So Bismarck provoked a number of wars -- always making it look like he and Prussia were defending German national interests, not acting as the primary aggressors. He strategically sparked war with Denmark over territories that were more German than Danish and thus (Germans felt) should not be under Danish control. On the heels of that issue, he lured Austria into a war that enabled Prussia to establish itself as Austria's equal. Finally, he provoked the French into declaring war on Prussia. (Look up a little thing called the Ems Telegram if you want to know how that happened.) The end result was the defeat of France and the declaration of a German Empire (the Second Reich, as it became known.)
Federalism refers to the sharing of power between state and national governments. Federalism is the division of power between two separate governmental authorities, <u>the nation, and the states</u>. In creating numerous governments on many levels, federalism increases the ability of the masses to participate by voting and holding office.
<em>The founders believed that the dispersing of power among different sets of leaders (national, state, and local) would offer more protection from tyranny. It also helps party competition.</em>
The answer would be "People".
Over expansion weakened Rome because the military couldn't protect that much land from foreign invaders.
