Advantages Of Federalism

The debate between a strong centralized government and strong state and local governments has been the topic of discussion since the beginning of the ratification of the constitution. Whether or not the Federalists were right about their opinion of a strong government or rather the Anti-federalists with their idea of strong, but small governments throughout our country are debatable. The constitution has evolved over the 228 years since the document was ratified, changing drastically between whether or not the idea was a valid decision. There has always been advantages between having either a strong or weak centralized government. These factors were all up to rather how the country itself would change. How society and technology would evolve

Though there may be flaws with the idea of a Federalist country, it has stayed intact and secure in it’s own way. Could we have prevented most of the problems that have only occurred because of our centralized form of power? Idealy, yes, but that seems far out of our reach. There will always be contributing factors that will always need exceptions for the rule, but the form of federalism seems to be the better decision in the long run. Therefore, I believe that the Federalists were right, and that the form of government that allows more power to the nation as one allows more power to the people. Federalism may seem like a straightforward system that allows the government to coexist easily with the state 's power, yet there are intricate policies that seem to muddle the big picture. The government has certain powers that are only given to them as stated in the constitution. These enumerated powers, found in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution set the authority of Congress. Congress can enact any powers granted in the constitution as long as it is subject to the individual rights laid out in the Bill of Rights. Yet the federal government

Because of the economic and social differences between the North and the South, the government 's generalized system did not allow the separate ideas that accommodated both the north and the south. Therefore, Federalism seemed to be the key to the succession of the Southern states. The South chose a system as the Articles of the Confederation were organized, giving the states their own power to make and regulate the laws they saw fit to help their specific state. There will always be problem with a country with no central form of government, such as the different laws between the provinces. The Civil War and secession of the Southern states allowed for federalism to reestablish itself as the dominant form of government. Although it was the reason for the war in the first place, it came back stronger than ever afterwards and has been a major change than how it was before. Because the country was given the confidence it was needed, it seems as though it using and even abusing its power that it has been