Federalism
Diana Fernandez, Natasha Maldonado, Kate Toroxel
Definition
The federal system or principle of government. It is the sharing of power between both state and national governments.
American Federalism
The cake on the left is showing the mix of authority among the state, local, and national governments. The cake on the right is showing the delineation among the levels of government.
Power Cake
This drawing shows that the states, local, and federal all have the same amount of power.
Branches
This is showing that we broke up all the power into three parts, the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches.
Who Has The Power?
Both the state and national governments share their power in federalism.
In Action
1. States can set their own laws.
2. A centralized government allows states to use the same currency.
How Does Federalism Limit the Federal Government?
Federalism gives both the state and federal governments power, so each side has an equal amount of power and neither side is too strong. This makes the federal government a limited government.
Natasha