Assignment #2

1.  What does Federalism mean by definition and what does Federalism mean to you?
     A system of government which has created, by written agreement, a central and national government to which it has distributed specified legislative (law-making) powers, and called the federal government, and regional governments (or sometimes called provinces or states) governments to which is distributed other, specified legislative powers.     It means to me that it is an agreement of  law making powers that go through the governments. We have to agree on the rules to have a good system.
2.  List and describe the three powers of the National Government.
     1. Delegated Powers of the National Government:  They can coin money, declare war and conduct forein relations and many more.
     2. Concurrent Powers: They can levy and collect taxes, borrow money, establish courts and many more.
     3. Reserved Powers of the States:  They can regulate trade and business within the State, establish public schools, conduct elections and many more.
3.  Explain the division of powers and why it is important?
        It's saying it assigns certain powers to the National Government and certain powers to the States. The power in order is to prevent abuse. You have to have a system of government laws.
4. What is the Supremacy Clause and what is its function?
        The Supremacy Clause joins the National Government and the States into a single governmental unit, a federal government. It holds together the complex structure that is the American federal system. It creates a lot of laws to the Costitution.
5. Find a site on the Internet that deals with Federalism.  Take 10 minutes and review that site.  Provide the link and provide some of the useful information that you found to help you better understand what Federalism is and how it works.
         thisnation.com /federalism.html 
     The Framers of the Constitution created a federal system with a national government strong enough to unify the states in their pursuit of common goals without completely robbing the states of their independence. They can make their own laws and powers.