North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states
a former political party in the United States; formed in 1948 by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman
the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution
the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity