The term confederation or confederal refers to
A) a system in which most power is with the central government.
B) a voluntary association in which states have most of the power.
C) a system in which state and local governments have equal power with the central government.
D) a national legislature.
E) the southern states where slavery was legal.

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A confederation or confederal system is a political system where states or territories come together under a central government but each state retains most of its own power, making it a voluntary association. This is in contrast to a unitary system where power is concentrated in the central government or a federal system where power is shared between the central government and individual states or territories.

The Term Confederation or Confederal Refers to