By Robert Longley, includes “Federalism is a hierarchical system of government under which two levels of government exercise a range of control over the same geographic area. … America’s Founding Fathers identified three main reasons for creating a government based on the concept of federalism … Avoid tyranny … Allow for greater public participation in politics … To use the states as ‘laboratories’ for new ideas and programs …”
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