Dual Federalism In America

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Federalism has changed a lot over the course of our nation’s history from dual federalism which the model assumes that the states and national government are more or less equals, with each level of government having separate but distinct functions and responsibilities. Cooperative Federalism viewed the national and state government as complementary parts of a single governmental mechanism. The new deal bought about government spending on programs to help people it further expanded in the 60’s and 70’s when Medicaid, Medicare, Job Corps, Head Start, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I believe the changes were good because it was so many people in America suffering without these programs women, children, the elderly, people with disabilities.