The relationship between the federal government and the states is fragile. While the federal have the ability to control anything they want, the states get to control whatever the federal government does not. This sets up the federal part to have complete control. Yes, the states may have the power but when it gets into the federal system, the states cannot do anything about it. As you will find out in many of our Founding Fathers documents, they had the wits to be able to split what the federal and state governments get to control. In all honesty, it matters on the subject how the power is split up.
The Articles of Confederation discusses the powers of the states and also mutual relationships. This was the beginning of combining the states …show more content…
The federal government lets states have the power until it becomes an important step/much needed law that needs to be the same for the entirety of the United States. One power that states have is our education. The federal government realized that it would be best for states to govern this aspect. Because of this, more relevant information about where we live is brought to us. For example, the time that our school starts and ends. Based on farming, students in grade/secondary school would get the summer off to help their family harvest their crops. Now days, it is not like that; it is more of a vacation to help improve the economy with people traveling. With other states (such as lower United State states) they may start earlier or later than us in Michigan. The only downside to this, is that because our education is not regulated by the government, our standards variate from one state to another. An example would be history in the north compared to history in the south. To be more specific, slavery. In the history textbooks of the north, we have them as slavery was one of the most inhumane things while in the southern textbooks, slavery was not a terrible thing. It all depends on many different factors if our state rights are protected or if the government has control. Sometimes it can be
The Articles of Confederation discusses the powers of the states and also mutual relationships. This was the beginning of combining the states …show more content…
The federal government lets states have the power until it becomes an important step/much needed law that needs to be the same for the entirety of the United States. One power that states have is our education. The federal government realized that it would be best for states to govern this aspect. Because of this, more relevant information about where we live is brought to us. For example, the time that our school starts and ends. Based on farming, students in grade/secondary school would get the summer off to help their family harvest their crops. Now days, it is not like that; it is more of a vacation to help improve the economy with people traveling. With other states (such as lower United State states) they may start earlier or later than us in Michigan. The only downside to this, is that because our education is not regulated by the government, our standards variate from one state to another. An example would be history in the north compared to history in the south. To be more specific, slavery. In the history textbooks of the north, we have them as slavery was one of the most inhumane things while in the southern textbooks, slavery was not a terrible thing. It all depends on many different factors if our state rights are protected or if the government has control. Sometimes it can be