The Plight of Three Men, Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison.
This paper relives the history of federalism through the footsteps of three men, Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison. This paper also gives an analysis of this period of time and its huge impact on the constitution we know today. Federalism-the sharing of power between the states and the national government-has been a major issue throughout U.S. history. When the U.S. Constitution established the federal government in 1787, it only exercised limited or enumerated powers, such as making treaties and printing money. The Tenth Amendment of the Bill of Rights, ratified in 1791, clarified that all other powers belonged to the states: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people." Over the years, in response to national crises, many of the government's powers-particularly those over social programs- were centralized to the federal level.
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