Federalism Vs Cooperative Federal Government

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Dual Federalism was the policy of the nation for seventy years. It kept the nation and the local states remained fully separated during the time frame of 1789 to around 1860. The national government and the state government during this time seem to stay worlds apart. State government agencies were independent and they had powers to make decisions. However, the national government still had a finger on the pulse of the nation. Not like cooperative federalism (1930 – 1960) where there a fine line in the powers of local or state governments. The theory of cooperative federalism is for both forms of governments work side by side. Each level of government has a voice in deciding on the policies for their respective levels. Like the name cooperative