The purpose of federalism

The purpose of federalism is to explicitly state what the power of the national and state governments. This was because of Shay’s rebellion. During Shay’s rebellion the federal government was challenged by the state and the national government could not do anything about it because they had no power of a military. Then federalism came out and the things that the states could do was laid out and the things that the federal government could do was laid out and the powers that they both shared was laid out. This gave the federal government the power to have a centralized military and be able to take charge of states. States also have explicit powers,that the federal government does not have, such as the ability to give out licenses. However the federal government can regulate these powers with their ability to decrease funding to states if they don’t abide to the guidelines which the federal government sets.   

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Korematsu v. United states: A case in which korematsu was challenging whether Japanese interment camps were constitutional. This was important because it questioned whether these camps should exist because the Japanese Americans had done nothing wrong
Upton Sinclair- AN investigative reporter who researched the meat packing industry with his book The Jungle. This lead to the creation of the FDA and strict regulations on the processing of food
Zimmerman note: a telegram sent from the Russians to shoot down an American plane. This was important because it was the start of the cold war because America had to retaliate
The battle of little big horn: A battle in the civil war that shifted the power from the confederates to the union: this was important because it depleted confederate resources and allowed the union to take control of the war
Zimmerman Note: A telegram sent giving an order from the German's to sink the USS Lusitania. This created a zone where American ships couldn't pass through to give support to the allies and caused the involvement of America in world war 1

Part 2
In 1898 the threat to America was monarchies. This caused the Spanish American war where we tried to spread democracy to the Philippines.We tried to stop the monarchy of Spain from spreading and liberate the Philippines to a democracy. In 1917 the U.S. confronted the Axis powers because they were spreading dictatorships which America perceived a threat to the democracy of America because our allies were being conquered and in due time we would try to be also. In 1941 America faced the problem of Nazism, imperialism and fascism. Which threatened our democracy. We sent troops after Pearl Harbor to Europe and Asia because we believed eventually these forces would reach our shores and try to take over our land and has threatened democracy