Please for the love of God help me with this before I toss myself like a salad. How does federalism encourage democracy to take place?

Federalism enables the national, state, and local governments to share power, and it provides opportunities at all levels for citizens to participate in and influence their government.

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in 1859, brown and 21 of his followers attacked and occupied the federal arsenal in harper's ferry. their goal was to capture supplies and use them to arm a slave rebellion. brown was captured during the raid and later hanged, but not before becoming an anti-slavery icon. abolitionist and insurrectionist

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