HILD 2A-B-C Chapter 4-3: 4-3 Developing Federalism
26 Dec 2017
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While early federalists deeply believed that that united states needed a strong central government to survive, they also knew that many people feared the centralization of power. Two different views on how federalism should operate. States" rights position: favors state and local action in dealing with problems. Nationalist position: favors national action in dealing with these matters. The states" rights position the constitution is a compact among the states; the states created the national government and gave it only certain limited powers. Any doubt about whether a power belongs to the national government or is reserved to the states should be settled in favor of the states. Because the national government is an agent of the states, all of its powers should be narrowly defined. State governments are closer to the people and better reflect their wishes than the national government the government in washington d. c. is a heavy-handed threat to individual liberty.
