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Federalism. By: Jenny Cheng Jesse Walborn. Federalism in 200 Years. Federalism- Power that is distributed between national and state government. It came along because they did not want people to get too much power and take over. How to divide the powers.
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Federalism By: Jenny Cheng Jesse Walborn
Federalism in 200 Years • Federalism- Power that is distributed between national and state government. • It came along because they did not want people to get too much power and take over
How to divide the powers • They started out by giving some powers to the national government • Certain powers they kept for the state government like control over education • Some powers like taxing both state and national government have • Things like licensing lawyers and setting up schools are not mentioned
The Different Kinds of Fed. • Dual federalism "layer cake federalism" involves clearly defined powers between the national and state governments, and both have equal power. • Cooperative federalism "marble cake federalism," involved the national and state governments sharing functions and collaborating on major national priorities.
The Different Kinds of Federalism Continued • Creative federalism "picket fence federalism,". This relationship was characterized by overloaded cooperation and crosscutting regulations. • new federalism "on your own federalism," devolution of power from national to state governments. This began in 1981 and continues to even now