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Federalism: Sharing Power Between National and State Governments
Explain how federalism divides and balances sovereign powers between the national government and state governments.
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Federalism and Multi-Level Governance
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Explain how sovereign authority and public responsibilities are shared and divided across national, state, tribal, and local governments.
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Learning standards covered
U.S. GOV Standard 1.2Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeStudents will describe the structure of the United States’ form of government as a compound constitutional republic, including the ideas of federalism; checks and balances; separation of powers; commerce, elastic, and supremacy clauses; popular sovereignty; and limited government.
U.S. GOV Standard 3.1Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeStudents will explain the distribution of power among national, state, tribal, and local governments in order to identify how needs are met by governance systems.