Article 4 of the United States Constitution explains the powers and limitations of the states. It details the relationship between states and the federal government and what powers belong only to the state or federal government. What Constitutional Principle does this represent?

A. Individual Rights

B. Separation of Powers

C. Federalism

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Cyrus Hess

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Article 4 of the United States Constitution explains the powers and limitations of the states. It details the relationship between states and the federal government and what powers belong only to the state or federal government. What Constitutional Principle does this represent?

A. Individual Rights

B. Separation of Powers

C. Federalism

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Quinten Decker · Answer 1

C. Federalism

Explanation:

Federalism is a concept that admits the primacy of the power of central government over the power of the states. In order to form a working union and a functional nationwide government, the states had to relinquish large swaths of its sovereignty. In this way the US could be viable as a country. Large state powers were a product of historical circumstances in the 1770s and 1780s, of the experience of the First and Second Continental Congress.

But in order to establish a estable union, this compromise had to be adopted. But at the same, states retained many powers, but they can't be more powerful that the federal authorities.